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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The teachers and their whining....I can't even.

I guess a 10k is also hard for some people, But all the serious runners know that, while its an accomplishment for them, for us it's just breakfast.

Is grading papers at home really that much of a trial? It's not surgery, or managing a billion dollar budget. So you have to answer some emails in your off hours?  Try getting calls
From clients who are getting sued by the federal government while you are at parent teacher conferences.

There is zero comparison between teachers' lives and those of adult professional careers. Administrators? More so, but really,  come on. Stop whining. [/quote]

I am the teacher above who posted my work hours. You need to understand that I don’t really care what you believe or think. You won’t belittle my work, though: I was up from 3am-7am grading yesterday to get diagnostic essays back to my seniors. From 8 until 2 yesterday, I was in front of students delivering 6 hours of instruction. I had one 22 minute break, during which I made one bathroom trip and ate. Guess what I didn’t do? ANY of my grading, planning, emails, etc. That happened again last night from 7-10. I don’t need your sympathy. I’ll do the work. You just don’t get to tell me my reality doesn’t exist, nor do you get to tell me to “work smarter” when there is no way for me to do so. Too many responsibilities and not enough hours.

Here’s what some posters refuse to understand: this job is so overwhelming and so demanding that we are LEAVING. How many articles about school districts going to 4-day schedules or hiring any warm body do you need? I lost another teacher in my department last week. That’s 3 teachers out of 16 who left in September. Her reason? It was too much work. We can’t find anybody to take those openings. Those students are going to have rotating subs for the rest of the year. I’ll be one of them.

You try to belittle my work, but you can’t. Educating the next generation is important. I know that and you know that. That’s the only reason I haven’t quit yet. As for accusations of “whining,” I don’t see whining on this thread. I see teachers trying to educate thick-headed people who simply want to see teaching as some easy, unimportant job. We keep doing it because, as teachers, we hate to see people fail at a subject. [/quote]

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