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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Observations from this thread:

1. Most teachers are overworked.

2. Many teachers take pride in being overworked.

3. Many teachers shame teachers unwilling to overwork themselves.

4. Most teachers are unaware of how few hours teachers spend teaching overseas, and how little of what US teachers do is necessary.[/quote]

5. Most teachers are unaware of the fact that SES, not whether a teacher works 40, 60, or 80h a week, is the primary determinant of student long term outcomes.[/quote]

I highly doubt most teachers are unaware of that fact. I taught 3 different high school courses with a total of 128 students, about a third of whom had IEPs. This meant in addition to teaching during contract hours, I was also planning 3 different lessons every day, grading 128 students' essays, projects, and other assignments, attending mandatory IEP meetings and other meetings related to my students. This is all work I had to do to be an effective teacher. It does not include anything extra I may elect to do because I think it may benefit my students (like tutoring after school hours, corresponding with students and agents via email after school hours, being involved with extracurricular activities and other community building activities at the school, etc). Even if I cut back to the bare minimum outside of my teaching hours, of lesson/curriculum planning, grading, and attending meetings, if still easily put in 60-70 hour weeks. It has nothing to do with me thinking I need to go above and beyond what I'm being paid to do; it's 60-70 hours worth of work just to be good and effective at teaching my students the course material and meeting requirements mandated by my district of attending IEPs and being involved in developing differentiated curriculum specifically for the students I have.[/quote]

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