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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the person who keeps talking about my summer off… I wish you could be a fly on the wall for this past month.   Do you have any idea how many additional hours we put in?  I have worked every evening and weekend for the past month.  I fell asleep at 7 last night because I’m so exhausted.  I have more education than all of my Arlington neighbors who work from home, take long walks all day, make more than me, and then all tell me how “lucky” I am every summer.  It is a choice I made, but it is not cushy.  Have some respect.  Or hey, join us… we can’t find enough people to do it, cushy gig that it is.  Come and join the team.

The insurance thing does not affect me, but I can tell you that teachers in APS are quite rightfully upset.  Duran gave all the central office staff an extra three weeks of vacation, and things are not getting done.  There are basic things we need, many people that are supposed to support us, and our jobs have become much harder.  Huge classes.  No funding for field trips.   No subs.  Difficulty renewing licenses and getting supplies.  All as this occurs, an expanding central office.

Now, you have teachers that will have to pay more for insurance.  (Don’t just look at rates, look at the deductibles.). It’s like the straw that broke the camel’s back. [/quote]

No, people have no idea how many extra hours teachers are expected to put in. They assume teaching is the chill job it was back when they were kids.

The insurance thing is going to be a particularly frustrating in public education because cheaper health insurance is part of what attracts people to government jobs. I am in fact getting into education because health insurance through DH's job is so costly (I'm not becoming a teacher though, that wouldn't be financially worth it compared to the hours put in). [/quote]

You should go into the equity office.  There are millions of dollars being paid in salaries there, and we teachers can’t figure out for the life of us what in the hell it is that they do.  They don’t work with kids.  Looks like you put out a training and maybe a survey once a year?  Now that’s cushy.  [/quote]

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