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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My parents sent me to a big 3 and then I went to a highly regarded college.  My mom was a school teacher and I think my parents were very proud that I chose to be a teacher.  My hours and days off schedule aligned with my kids who are in the same school system which allowed me to spend a lot of time with them after school and on breaks which they know is good for their grandchildren.

Also, I bet my students and their parents appreciate that elite education.[/quote]

This is PEAK flex and, also nauseatingly self-satisfied. I'm not sure why PP has such an overinflated ego, but it's unwarrented. I certainly wouldn't care if my kids became teachers, [b]it's a pretty sweet life [/b]if you can afford it. But I would hope they aren't entitled suprior pricks like PP.   Posters like this one is why DCUM hates teachers. [/quote]

Lmao[/quote]

This is the same reaction I had. I don’t think my hours or working conditions are part of a “sweet life.” If it were so sweet, there wouldn’t be such a mass exodus out of the profession right now. Heck, I have crying coworkers because of the job’s stress.

I posted above. No, I don’t support my kids going into teaching. It’s not because I find the job unimportant or lacking respect. (On the contrary, it’s one of the most important jobs one can have.) It’s because the conditions are dreadful right now. [/quote]

Compared to most other professions - teachers work fewer hours a year. And all the stress I hear about from teachers - you have things that have to get done in a timely way, your clients are demanding (parents and teachers), and the expectations can sometimes seem overwhelming - is just normal work stuff. "Stress" is performing surgery, speaking in front of boards of corporations, flying a plane, negotiating national treaties, leading staffs in the hundreds through a recession.  
Could it possibly be that the mass exodus is occurring for reasons other than "stress?" Because most of the complaints seem like normal expectations of those with jobs.[/quote]

I’m the PP. You’re welcome to join me at work for a week. I think you’ll have more respect for what teachers do when you actually see it. It’s high stress with no breaks. It’s 60+ hour weeks (every week). It’s impossible demands. It’s the reason why 2/3rds of my department has quit in recent years and why we have lost 4 teachers during the year this year.

I came from a corporate setting. My teaching job is (easily) 3X harder than my old job.

OP, here’s another reason to discourage a child from going into teaching. They’ll work their tails off only to be told they have it easy. [/quote]

Get out of here with these preposterous lies. Teachers are not working 60+ hour weeks. Go to any school and the parking lot is empty at 4pm. Women become teachers precisely because it is less demanding than a private sector job.

I taught before I went into the private sector and my corporate job is much more demanding but that’s fine because it’s much better paid.[/quote]

Do you think teachers can only work at school? That's a pretty odd belief. I leave at 4:30 so I can pick my kids up at daycare by 5:30. After they go to bed, I lesson plan online. Some nights I also grade which I can also do online. Most nights I work from 9:30-11:30pm. Weekends, I usually set aside 4-5 hrs to lesson plan, grade, write IEP/504 reports, print and laminate materials, etc.[/quote]

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