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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did not expect this thread to be teachers vs lawyers. In no way are the two professions comparable at all. I can only speak as a teacher though... I love teaching so much. I feel I was born to teach. Yes, I am living paycheck to paycheck but I can honestly wake up every morning happy to teach. Sure us teachers can choose other jobs, but I for one, would not change my profession even though I may struggle with the lack of money. Mind you, I work at a daycare, not at a school. The cons, I do not get a bathroom break. Crazy how every teacher says this. It is very true though. We can not just up and leave when we have to pee, as no one will be there with the children. It is much harder to call off of work because no one is there to take your place, and the children can not reschedule the day they come to daycare because the teacher is sick. We have a lot of people to answer to, parents, directors, admin, managers, licensing, the state etc. Our job is not just playing with children. We have to create and implement lesson plans, do conferences, make observations, and work alongside other professionals such as therapist. Most of our supplies come out of pocket. My paycheck literally goes back to the children. The pros of working with children? The children- priceless.[/quote]

This drives me nuts as a teacher.

We're not martyrs.  Stop living paycheck to paycheck - with money that "literally goes back to the children."  No wonder the public has no respect for us.  [/quote]

Okay then.  How would you be a catalyst for change?   If I'm doing a unit on butterflies and need a net and larvae and the administration won't buy it, I'm not going to deprive that experience from my kids.  I'm going to buy it myself.  If we're low on markers and crayons and my program manager says,  "Wait,"  I'm not going to wait.  We can't have 16 markers for 16 children.  On payday I'm going to Target and replenish our supply.  If we need playdough, I'll make it myself at home with supplies from my pantry.  The lack won't be on the backs of my kids.   I'll eat mac and cheese every night for dinner if I must.  What would you do? [/quote]

What would I do?

I would skip that unit and find one that fits w/in the school's budget.  There are other ways to show how butterflies develop.  Show a Youtube clip.  Have them draw the process of metamorphosis during an interdisciplinary lesson where you collaborate with the art teacher.  Read a story on butterflies!  Take a field trip to a butterfly exhibit.  Brookside has a great yearly exhibit.  You'd get group rates.  Plus, what's $4 per kid?

Ask the PTA to raise funds.  Have the KIDS bring in supplies; it's THEIR responsibility to have the basics.  And if you're in a Title One school, there are federal funds to pay for extra resources.

Stop forking over your OWN money for school supplies and materials.  You, as teacher, are not an individual non-profit.

This is absolutely absurd!  I've been in the "real world" before making the transition into teaching.  Not ONCE did I purchase my own supplies when I worked in an office.

This is absolutely pathetic.  I am so embarrassed to read your post.  Where's your creativity?

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These are Pre-K kids (4-5 years old) in a community based center in Columbia Heights.  Most of the parents are Latino immigrants with few resources.   We're going to the butterfly pavilion at the Natural History Museum.  We're reading multiple stories on butterflies.   We'll watch youtube clips.  There is no art teacher.  There is no PTA.  I want them to have hands on experiences too, hence the net and larvae.  I'm highly creative and love what I do.  Your belittling of me and saying I'm pathetic brought a lump to my throat and tears to my eyes.  I don't begrudge the money I spend on my kids.

Thanks for your support.   [/quote]

I think you sound like a wonderful teacher -- the kind who inspires kids to such an extent that they look back in gratitude decades later.  I had a few teachers like that, and I am grateful for every single one of them.  Someday one of the kids you're teaching now is going to do something great, something way beyond what is expected or predicted for that kid given his or her early circumstances, and you will probably have played a role in that.   You should be proud.[/quote]

Thank you SO much.   It means a lot to me.   My kids are so bright and talented; it is my hope that they all go to college.  Maybe even some of them will become lawyers, but not ones who denigrate teachers. [/quote]

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