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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because teachers unions are against pay and job security based on performance (results). In the real world, we get fired if we don't deliver.[/quote]

I have job security, asshole, yes.

However, I am now taking a break after making a small dent in a stack of papers that 124 of my students turned in last week.

I'm sure you work as hard as I do over your weekend.

And I still have weekly planning to do.[/quote]

I wrote that, and I'm working now also. I don't have a union behind me, and I don't get a 2-month vacation every year, along with a week off for Christmas.

My ability to keep my job depends on my performance, and I'm not against that, because I can deliver.[/quote]

poor thing - complaining about our summers "off"

We're not PAID during those 8 weeks, genius.  Many take classes to keep up with certification.  Others train in special programs b/c their schools offer signatures.  And others are working toward an advanced degree.

I am a career-changer - been on both sides.  So you can't "get me," as I know that even though I may have brought work home from my office job, the work was nothing compared to what I must accomplish nightly.  My deadlines are tight, sweetie pie.  I'm at work by 6 am and I leave at 4 pm.  When I arrive home, I plan and grade.  I teach the very high and the very low.

Don't even try to make it appear as though your job is difficult.  Teaching, if done well, is the most difficult job in the world.

But I'm home with my children ALL SUMMER LONG and on every holiday, which makes many women jealous, as there's no need to rely on daycare or camps.  That's my one perk - being with my children.  Even when I'm working, I'm visible; I'm around.

You can't say that, can you?[/quote]

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