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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In English at our kid’s big-3, the new teachers are phenomenal and the ones that have been there forever are the ones calling it in. Times do change. Teachers need to stay fresh and update materials and methods a little occasionally. [/quote]

I’m a private high school English teacher. I’m going to be completely honest: this job takes 60-70 hours a week to do WELL. The younger teachers still have energy. I’ve been pulling these hours for 14 years. I’m slowing down and can no longer devote all weekend to commenting on essays and planning new lessons.

Please take a moment this holiday season to thank those phenomenal teachers in your life. What they are doing in the classroom comes at a great personal cost.
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Planning should not be too difficult for you after many years? I understand that grading is a huge time suck but don’t you have a total of approximately 60 students? Is it really that bad? Also you get 3 months off in the summer. And another month with winter break and spring break. [/quote]

Sigh. I should have known better. This is DCUM, after all.

I have 110 students. Most teachers will tell you the job had gotten much harder now that technology is involved. I have 8 weeks off during the summer, and 4 of those weeks are spent in full-day training. I get 6 days off for winter break and another 6 days for spring break. I work through both.

Thanks for playing, through, and thanks for diminishing the challenges of this job. I can’t tell you how demoralizing your comment was.[/quote]

Teacher - ignore the cluelessness. And - take heart in all the replies saying there were only a few duds over many years of many teachers!! The duds I reported were truly problematic - the school asked them to leave. We love our teachers and greatly appreciated them!!!  I could never do their job - it's pathetic that teachers aren't compensated better or valued enough.[/quote]

Rich folks don't flinch at paying $400 per hour for an attorney, but try to make sure that your kids' teacher makes $50 (which would get you some of the best)?

No way.  Spend $50K on tuition so your DC can learn from teachers who may not make that much themselves in a year.

It won't change until parents want it to.  You get what the school pays for.  Same with tutoring services.[/quote]

Thanks for the lecture - but teachers are underpaid in public and private - I meant they were undervalued in our society as a whole.[/quote]

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