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[quote=Anonymous]"But you don't get to do lots of useless extra work and then complain about how little family time you have or talk about wanting PT hours while wanting the security of FT pay."

Excuse me?  Useless extra work?  Should I stop doing clubs and then the kids have nothing?  Should I stop attending a website workshop to communicate with parents?  Should I stop doing curriculum pilots and let other people decide which curriculum we choose (and I've seen other teachers choose really bad curriculum in the past which creates a shit ton *more* work and doesn't help kids)?  Should I stop creating immensely awesome science lessons and just pull out a science worksheet?  Should I stop writing grants?  Cause that means either a) my kids have nothing to use for math or b) I pay for it out of my kids college fund.  What else is useless?  How about differentiating reading lessons for my students?  I'll just do all whole group teaching so the low kids and the high kids don't get shit and everything is geared towards the middle performers.  Parents would LOVE that.

Here's the reality.  School should be 4 days a week year round with 1-2 weeks vacation every quarter.  Period.  Then, we wouldn't have summer slide, teachers wouldn't be so exhausted and I could work a normal 40-45 hour work week like people should work.

I absolutely have the right to complain about my hours and my pay.  You have the right not to listen.  
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