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[quote=Anonymous]I was persuaded to do teaching because I wanted a family  friendly schedule and enjoyed children.  I knew the pay would not be awesome but thought the shorter work hours and free summer time would be worth it.  Flash forward 10 years. I work more hours than any of my friends with government or corporate desk jobs and make less than all of them. Contract says I have to be at school by 8 but in reality I need to be there at 7:30 two days a week because of morning meetings.  I can technically leave at 3:45 but that would mean leaving 15 min after the last kid.  So no papers would be graded, the classroom would not be set up for tomorrow's lessons, and I would have no lesson plans for the next day.  Why didn't I do that during my 45 minute planning time?  Because we meet as a team to discuss interventions for struggling students and team business.  So I can never really leave until after 5 if I want to avoid bringing lots of work home.  And even then I still do some work from home on weekends.  Then some nights I am in classes until 7:30 taking required professional development.
Now I have won awards and received recognition as a teacher.  So you could certainly work a bit less than me and not get fired.  But to do an excellent job at teaching and also handle all the parents and the administrative tasks requires as long as a day as everyone else or longer.[/quote]

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