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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m of two thoughts:

Yes, the calendar is too disjointed and it needs to be fixed.

But teachers need work days. If we want teachers to stay in the profession, they need to be granted time during the work week (even just occasionally) to get their work done. It shouldn’t be the expectation that nights and weekends belong to their jobs, too. [/quote]

I have a demanding job. It has me on calls for a good portion of the day. This means I have to work outside of work hours to get my work done.

Teachers need to also use their time more efficiently. FCPS ES and MS have very little grading to do. [/quote]

You sound ignorant. You don't have a clue what's asked of teachers. Also school isn't daycare figure out your parenting.[/quote]

Shouldn’t you be grading some papers instead of arguing with parents on here? Since you’re so overloaded and all?[/quote]

I'm a DP, but I am also a teacher.

Let's be honest: if you don't teach, you ARE ignorant of the demands of teaching. That's not an insult. Ignorance is literally defined as lacking knowledge or awareness about a particular subject. Therefore, if you haven't taught you DON'T actually know what is demanded of teachers. And again: that's not an insult.

But is IS insulting when you come here and belittle a job you know little about.

So when teachers try to explain to you why we need planning time, this is an opportunity for you to learn about something you're unfamiliar with. Unfortunately, posters on this site label comments from teachers as "complaining" or "arguing" when it's simply "explaining." I see it all the time. It's why teachers become defensive, because their words are misconstrued and dismissed at almost every turn by people who are ignorant. (Again: not an insult.)

So, I'll take your advice and go grade papers. That's far more productive than posting here considering these trends.[/quote]

I am not going to out myself on here, but rest assured, I know the demands of your job because I used to live in a household with a teacher and my own job carries some of the same demands. I also know the demands of other people’s jobs where they are under tremendous pressure to show consistently excellent performance or they will be fired. Being a great teacher is really hard. It’s a thankless job and you have to bring a lot of work home with you if you’re doing it right. But it’s also true that it comes with a lot of job security. Mediocre and lazy teachers can sit in their jobs for years and the worst thing that happens to them is they get moved to a different school. Right now there are a lot of parents who feel like they are barely hanging onto their jobs and this calendar is really not helping.[/quote]

The majority of those parents get paid considerably more than teachers. Enough with the false equivalence. Hire a f—king babysitter.[/quote]

You don’t by any chance teach math?

Look at the FARMS eligibility in FCPS. No, the majority doesn’t make “considerably more” than teachers or their kids wouldn’t be getting free meals.[/quote]

Sorry, dummy, I should have clarified: the majority of the “professionals with demanding jobs” who b—ch and moan about teachers on DCUM are paid considerably more than that.

The majority of folks who aren’t paid as much as teachers are certainly not working at jobs where they’re expected to be on calls all day and then take work home with them. Don’t be absurd.
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Plenty of people making less than teachers are bringing work home, interacting with customers all day, and not on DCUM sniveling about the unfairness of doing the job they signed up for.[/quote]

Examples, please. We’ll wait.[/quote]

Social workers.
Healthcare workers with charting responsibilities.

This really shows how much of a bubble you’re in if you think less well compensated jobs are somehow easier. You should go work in a group home for a couple years.[/quote]

What are their salaries and how many hours are they working from home. Be specific, otherwise we’ll assume you’re talking out of your @$$.[/quote]

Is your google broken? Fairfax entry level social work gets $60,300 for 12 months. Less than teachers. [b]Casework at home is constant in social work. [/b]Go volunteer in a teens shelter and get some perspective.[/quote]

And you know this because you… googled it?

Thanks for confirming you’re talking out of your @$$!  :lol: [/quote]

I know it because my mother was an elder-care social worker. Who didn’t complain about her pay and hours because her job was serving the best interests of WWII veterans, even if that meant doing some work at home.[/quote]

And here is the crux of the matter: people like you expect teachers to work for peanuts out of the goodness of their hearts “FoR tHe KiDs!!” This misogynistic mindset is why traditionally womens’ work has been and continues to be severely undervalued (financially, not horn honking, coffee mug displays of “thanks”) in our society.

Congratulations! You’re part of the problem!

Now please remind us all what YOU do for a living and how much you get paid.[/quote]

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