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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm on the verge of leaving.  My retirement amount will be greatly reduced.  We'll deal with that as a family (and I'll find some other kind of job, with less pay and less vacation time).  It just doesn't matter anymore as much.  Even the golden handcuffs can be cut off when the price is too high to stay.[/quote]

I mean school is just for 180 days a year, and at least my kid's teachers are out a few days a month. They'd be pressed to work 160 days total. Meanwhile, int he real world the rest of us work 50-60 hour weeks for 260-270 days a year, but I guess the grass is always greener.[/quote]

180 days for students is 190 or 210 days for adults.

An 8-hour day of teaching equals a 12-hour day of teaching plus planning/grading.

Remove your head from your butt.
It is not a hat.[/quote]

Thank you for this! 
Signed - a teacher who took a rare Saturday off to go to a college football game. I’ll suffer for it on Monday because I can’t get all my grading and planning done in just one day (Sunday). [/quote]

Long time teacher here and it pains me to read about teachers dedicating their entire weekend to grading and planning. I totally understand that you want to feel prepared for class, but when teachers put this much of their own time into their work, it enables the school system to continue to pile on unnecessary meetings and trainings, because everything is still getting done. Can you have an honest discussion with your admin about the work load? I have been teaching a long time, which helps, but I work contract hours and that is pretty much it. I work very hard while I am at school, but I leave at the end of the day and don't think about it at home. I don't want to burn out before I retire, so I am fiercely protective of my private time and keep tight boundaries. I would encourage other teachers to try to do the same. No job at our salary level is worth giving up weekends.[/quote]

Agreed[/quote]

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