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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mom was a teacher at my ES in the early 80s. She walked out the door when the kids left. This was back when there were textbooks and workbooks for everything. She never wrote lesson plans. She taught everything from the teacher’s manual. That’s what they were for! She graded spelling tests on Friday night (I would help her) but that’s the only time she took work home. There was an occasional math or science test to grade. No days spreadsheets to fill out, no data meetings, etc. No retakes to grade. If kids didn’t do their homework, they got a zero. No real parent communication then either except an occasional note home for bad behavior. [/quote]

My mom was an ES teacher through the 80s and 90s and she always stayed late after school. She had books and a manual, but wrote up her own lesson plans and differentiated. Plenty of grading was brought home. She helped kids who were multiple grade levels behind get caught up. Lots of “problem kids” over the years requiring a lot of communication with parents and the principal. Sounds like your mom was either at a really high SES/low needs school or more of the do the bare minimum type. Good teachers have always had a very high workload if their student body was anything other than average or higher than average kids from homes with involved parents and little SES diversity. [/quote]

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