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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't do it.  Don't.  You'll regret it. 
If you do decide to return, when (when, not if) you have a student who physically assaults you, don't expect your admin to back you up.  Expect 60+ hour work weeks.  Expect a lot of blatant disrespect.  Expect to have students who don't do work and yet you have to pass them anyways.  Expect to spend any and all spare seconds you have in stupid meetings that do nothing to help you or students.  [/quote]

Again- if you are legitimately working 60 hour weeks as a teacher, you are doing something wrong. My best friend is a teacher, and a hard working one, and a bad week for her is 50 hours a week (lots of grading near the end of a quarter and needing to chase down kids and parents and document and also maybe a school concert thrown in). A normal week she does about an hour after the school day ends. [/quote]

This can be true for experienced teachers, but it is intense starting out or when you change subjects or schools.  My first year teaching, I had four different classes to teach, so I did work 55-60 hours per week.  Now, I work closer to 45-50.  It's good to know this going in so you're prepared.  It's never easy, but it does typically get better. 
For me, I get to school 60-90 minutes before the kids get there, leave 30 minutes after they do and typically do another hour or two of work at home three nights/week. But, I've been doing this for a few years now.   [/quote]

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