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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teachers in the US have a lot more face-to-face time with students than teachers in the rest of the world. I taught overseas and always had at least two planning periods each day. One was during special areas classes like art, PE, etc and the other was during foreign language class. Plus I always had a duty free lunch of at least 45 minutes. [/quote]

Quite true. I have one friend who taught in Central America and another in Europe. Both had more planning / unscheduled work time than hours in front of students. Both were shocked to hear how little time American teachers get. [/quote]

Teachers in the USA get paid over 3-5 times what teachers in CA or Europe get.

You'd expect them to teach more and whine less.[/quote]

Nope. Sorry. I’m the PP and I’m not buying this.

I don’t know what you do for a living, but I suspect you would question me if I asked you to deliver 30+ hours a week of presentations, do pre and post work 20+ hours a week, and still attend meetings, respond to emails, cover for your colleagues every day, and document every little thing that you do. [b]You will also be held directly responsible for 150 others. If they fail, so did you[/b].

I have closely followed this thread. You call it “whining.” I call it “something you just don’t care to hear.” That doesn’t change the reality of teaching.

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What do you mean by this?  Yes, people will criticize teachers who are not effective, but how many are actually held "directly responsible?"  It is a psychological burden only, almost no one is getting fired.[/quote]

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