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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“ Has this always been how it is in the teaching profession…or has something changed to make it harder to grade? For the teachers responding that have taught for the last 25 years…have you been doing this crazy work life balance that long? Or has something changed? ”

This is the fundamental question. What’s been added to teachers’ plates now that parents could try to lobby gets taken back off to create time for grading. [/quote]

It’s a combination of things, but I’d say increased class sizes and more responsibilities during planning periods are the biggest culprits.

I’ve been teaching for over 20 years. I think student behaviors are also a part of the problem. I used to be able to get a bit of grading done while students were working independently. Many of today’s students can’t work independently, and I find myself always redirecting focus, answering questions, etc. There’s a dependency among the students that wasn’t there 2 decades ago. Even simple assignments need an extreme amount of hand-holding, which means there’s no point during a class at which I can sit at my desk and tackle the piles of papers. [/quote]

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