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[quote=Anonymous][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]

Night and weekend work is normal for most professions. I work at a non profit and I frequently work nights and weekends as well. The histrionics about a "stressful day" (you aren't working on an oil rig...) and "long hours" falls on seriously unsympathetic ears for those of us who work 50 weeks a year. [/quote]

Do you have to give 6 hours of presentations a day? 
Do you have to prepare each night for another 6 hours? 
Do you have to supervise 150+ people each day? Checking in with EACH every day? 
Do you have to attend (or lead) an additional 45 minute meeting each day? 
Do you have to cover for your coworkers last minute almost every day? 
Do you have to stand for 6+ hours a day? 
Can you pee when you need to?

Nope. Nothing stressful about teaching AT ALL. It’s a job for the weak. That’s why so many people want to do it. [/quote]

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