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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't imagine a salary job where, if I were behind on my work, I wouldn't have to spend a few hours getting caught up on the weekend, or on one of the 17 days of winter break, or on a snow day. Teaching is not a job where you punch the time clock. Why is it treated that way?[/quote]

You also probably can't imagine a salary job where after meeting burnout, you cannot simply go into your cubicle or office and decompress. You probably also can't imagine not being able to go to the bathroom the second you feel like it.

In teaching, you have to always be ON during the day. ALWAYS. You don't teach classes, sit through meetings, rush through work while "having lunch" then chat it up with colleagues in their cubicles or sit in your office rubbing your temples for 20 minutes before getting back to work. You run out of yet one more meeting to a classroom full of innocent faces staring at you waiting to see what you have planned for the day. And you've gotta be on READY.

Teachers do the best they can. Those vacation times are needed so they can go back to work and be SANE for your children. And yeah, work is also being done during that time as well but with 150+ stduents, be lucky your child ever sees graded work.[/quote]

Look I'm sure you teach well during the day, but there is no way for your kids to know how they stand and how well they are doing unless they can get their grades back.[/quote]

I'm certain they are getting their grades back. Most of them. However, there may be a few delays here and there.

I often go over work immediately after it's been collected so students have a clue on where they stand with the material and are able to ask questions. This is not done so I can take the entire quarter to grade and return the work but if it takes a little longer than I wanted it's not the end of the world.
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