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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]I think this video is an important reminder for parents and administrators

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Largely because people in the private sector work far more hours.[/quote]

The "extra hours for free" and "unpaid overtime" comments make me roll my eyes.  Do teachers realize that other professionals are classified as "exempt" and do not get paid overtime?  "Overtime" is a concept for non-exempt employees.

Oh, and summers?  MCPS pays teachers for spending time on workshops, etc.  Is that not "overtime"?[/quote]

Back to add, and union protection?  Other professionals do not have this.[/quote]

Sigh. Most teachers here are simply asking people to respect that they also work long hours. They aren’t all suggesting that YOU don’t also work long hours. Is it so hard to acknowledge that some teachers work nights? Weekends? What does it take away from you to acknowledge that? What do you gain by picking on teachers? I’d really like to know.

Also, not everything on this thread is about MCPS. My district doesn’t pay for my summer workshops. Sometimes I even have to pay. As for the union, get rid of it! Please! It doesn’t do much to protect me and clearly it doesn’t bargain better conditions. [/quote]

Because even if they do work those hours (many don’t) they don’t work the 50 weeks a year which a lot working parents do. The teachers at my kids school work 39 weeks a year. If you annualized all the claimed overtime and weekends you are claiming they work, I doubt you will get 11 additional work weeks to out them in par with the 50 weekers . [/quote]

Okay. Again: why discourage and insult the many of us who DO work hard? Why can’t you simply say, “welcome to the club of people who work many hours. We see you.”

I’ve posted here before. I work 60-hour weeks on average. It tops 70 or 75 when major assessments are submitted, which is about once a month. I get 7 weeks for summer, 3 of which are used doing minimally paid or unpaid workshops or curriculum-writing sessions. These are 40 hour weeks. I get one month for summer. As for the school year, I get a total of 12 days of leave (personal and sick). My work days are go-go-go-go-go. There’s no chance for an hour break to catch up if I am behind. I’m not complaining. I’m merely explaining, although I’m guessing your erroneous beliefs about teachers are pretty set in stone.

I’m not alone. 80% of my department has turned over in recent years. #1 reason for leaving is not pay. It’s workload. The National teacher shortage? Also based on workload.

Perhaps some teachers have it easy. I’m willing to bet there are people at your place of work who don’t work nearly as hard as you.

Again: what harm is it to you? Is there a limited amount of space in the “I work hard” club?

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Because teachers complain the most!  You don't hear nurses complaining nearly as often as teachers do and they don't get snow days off.  Maybe people could be more sympathetic if teachers were not complaining ALL THE TIME.[/quote]

Am I complaining? No. Don’t confuse educating with complaining.

Teachers are increasingly vocal about our working conditions because they need to change. I’m covering another teacher’s classes 4 days a week because she quit, like many before her. So many are quitting, and nobody wants to join us in the classroom. Why is that? Perhaps because the word is out that this is a disrespected profession. You seem to be content adding to that.  Would you prefer that we silently martyr ourselves, or is it okay with you if we vocalize our needs? I wouldn’t disparage another profession for speaking up.

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Every time there’s a thread saying something like “my kid’s teacher misspells words repeatedly” there are always a bunch of posts essentially saying that we can’t and shouldn’t expect any better. That’s why teachers are disrespected. They need to act like professionals to be treated like professionals.[/quote]

Posts by teachers? This is DCUM. It’s anonymous. Surely you aren’t basing any of your opinions and beliefs off this site.

I’ve learned that disrespectful people disrespect teachers. Well-intentioned people do not. Fortunately for you, I’ll continue to do my best for your child regardless of the nastiness you throw my way. I’m a professional, after all. [/quote]

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