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[quote=Anonymous]Yes teaching is one of the most unappreciated jobs in our society. OPs post shows it best. My Mom is a teacher. However, in Germany. She has a full-time position. She is AT SCHOOL from between 7.00-7.30am to about 1pm (german elementary school, grades 1-4)...but she works at least as many hours at home.

My mom has 26 kids in her class. Several with special needs, learning difficulties, etc. She doesn't regularly get help with that, only if she's lucky someone doing an internship will be around. That often makes it near impossible for her to even do her job with the rest of the class as she constantly has to manage around 3 special needs kids.

All preparation work is done at home. That includes buying things for the classroom, teaching material etc. It includes making worksheets, coming up with lesson plans, etc. It includes correcting and grading students worksheets, homework, exams, tests. It also includes working with the parents, parent teacher conferences, conferences once a week with the other teachers, even home visits at children's homes when there are problems. My sister has decided to become a teacher. I thought she was crazy. It's an insanely complex and exhausting job if you try your best to do it well.[/quote]

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