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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3 posts in and I'm already thankful I chose teaching. Around 15 weeks off from year 1 if you can put up with admin, parents, and students![/quote]

I was a teacher for 10 years and now work in an industry where I get only 4 weeks plus 10 sick days. It's actually a much better fit for me and my family. No evening or weekend work and a much less stressful working day (plus a later start time and the possibility to telework sometimes so I don't have to pay someone else to stay with my kids in the morning before the school bus comes when my husband travels for work).  There are great things about the teaching profession and you should definitely do it if it brings you joy. But, the schedule is a lot less favorable in reality than it seems when you compare it on paper to other schedules. [/quote]

Oh I've had other jobs...I'll take teaching every time. 8-3 and out the door except for a meeting now and then, no work whatsoever for 2.5 straight months, and 3-4 weeks throughout the school year, and sick days on top of that. My struggles are administrative stuff, of which there's a ton, but regarding the additional time I get with my spouse and kids...it's a blessing.[/quote]

Where is this magical teaching job? And how can I transfer to your school? [/quote]

I teach Pre-K, so I don't have grading (although lots of parents ask for homework anyway due to brainwashing by higher grades). I have a ton of assessment, though; I've just learned to move through it quickly. There are plenty of teachers that don't leave for hours after the kids are gone and who spend additional hours at home each day on the assessment and lesson planning. I'm just not willing to be one of them. [/quote]

Oh awesome. Maybe you're the Pre-K teacher in my school who has done such a great job that the kids I just assessed in K who were in your class can't identify any numbers or letters and can't find their name on the table never mind being able to actually write it even though they were in your class for an entire year. So because you didn't put the time in that was necessary, now we have to put in extra. Glad you're enjoying all of your free time. [/quote]

You sound like a brainwashed sheep full of righteous indignation. You do know that there isn't a difference between kids who learn to read (never mind identify letters) in preschool vs in 1st grade by 3rd grade, right? [/quote]

Tell that to the administrators who rate you based on your effectiveness. And effectiveness is determined by kids meeting benchmarks. And learning to read in 3rd grade (barring learning disabilities) when a student has been in school since Pre-K is not even on the blip of meeting benchmark. Once politicians decided that children should be treated like widgets and schools run like businesses, this is what you get. And since I'm not a volunteer, I do care about my evaluations and my compensation since that is the primary reason why I'm employed. Not all of us are martyrs. [/quote]

I'm a teacher, and I practice what I preach by not pressuring my students to do what isn't appropriate for their age and development. Maybe if you targeted more of your anger toward the proper sources instead of toward other teachers who weren't as cowed into pushing inappropriate standards, you'd be happier?[/quote]

+1. Either you know what's developmentally appropriate, or you don't. If you do, then the last thing you should be doing as a teacher is attacking other teachers for not following rubbish standards. [/quote]

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