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[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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You are, very literally, doing too much. Figure out how to half-ass more and get to half-assing. [/quote]

But if I do that, I’ll be torn apart on the “my child’s teacher doesn’t return work” thread. [/quote]

And? Are you setting yourself on fire to keep DCUM warm?

This truly comes from a place of kindness. You have the flexibility to do less, and you should make that work for you. I have read all the posts in this thread, and I don’t know how that kind of type A balls to the wall gunning wouldn’t burn out anyone. Really zoom out and stop and think about your practices and figure out how you can cut back on your quality of work to improve your quality of life. [/quote]

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