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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a HS teacher and have been working all weekend. I have a total of 35 college recommendations to write.
I still have to prep for my classes and get grading done.
I have emails from parents saying I am not doing enough to help their kid in class when I have over 30 kids in each class period.
I had one parent email me in all caps - DO YOUR JOB!
I have a dozen special Ed reports to write. I never take a lunch break as students always need extra help.
I don’t get paid enough for the work I put in. I’m not ready to quit yet but I’m getting close. It is a broken system [/quote]

Another high school teacher here and I’m also working all weekend. For those who don’t teach, we aren’t talking 1-2 hours on a Saturday. We mean *all* weekend. It isn’t uncommon to work 15 extra hours prepping, grading, etc. For me this weekend, it’s all about the last-minute college essays. I checked my email and saw a ton of new emails this morning, each a panicked request to look (again) at an essay draft. I’ve been offering since September. I’ve held after-school workshops. No matter what I do, I still get to participate in the last-minute panic. And if I don’t? I have angry parents because I wasn’t available to help their child.

I’m exhausted. [/quote]

Why are you doing the essays?  That’s not part of your job and my teachers never did that.  I would view that as a volunteer position that you do because you want to — like being a scout leader or working at a soup kitchen—and not part of your job responsibilities.  If it’s too much for you, don’t do it. This is such a classic female thing—voluntarily take on too much and then just silently simmer with rage instead of just saying “no, I’m not able to do that.”  [/quote]

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