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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was on my FaceBook feed a couple of weeks ago:

“I think teaching is the only job in which you have to work before you get to work so you have work to do at work. Then you have no time to do work at work, so you have to work after work to catch up on all the work you didn’t do while at work.”

Sums it up quite well for me. [/quote]

It's not the only job where that is true.  I am a Fed at that is true.[/quote]

Fair enough.

Teacher here, and curious… 
What sort of work do you do at home? What “work before you get to work” does your job require? We know that in the context of teaching that is grading (so work can be returned/discussed) and planning lessons. That’s my Sunday-Thursday nights.

No snark intended at all. I’m just curious what this looks like for other professions.[/quote]

I'm a fed responsible for multiple written products every week.  I end up having to do these at home in the evenings, every night, because it's the only time I can concentrate without constant interruptions.  In addition to regular meetings, there are urgent meetings that pop up, preparation for higher levels' urgent meetings that pop up, constant deliberation and strategizing about the best bureaucratic maneuvering to accomplish our tasks.  I am a supervisor so also responsible for teaching and training a team, ensuring they do their work and that the work is distributed fairly, managing leave requests and any personal issues.  So I use my nights and weekends to concentrate on writing.  It's exhausting but I like my coworkers and I could not handle working with kids.

- GS-15 ($180k salary)[/quote]

Do you know there are SPED teachers with their masters making barely making 80,000...problematic. 
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I get it, teachers feel underpaid for the work they do.   But really, if you want more money, go ahead and get a job with more money.  Teachers on DCUM say all the time how they could make so much more.

I too have had very low-paid nonprofit jobs that required long hours and emotional drain.  I did those jobs because they were fulfilling for me.  I thought of the fulfillment as part of my pay.  I then went to graduate school, starved and worked long hours for many years, and now make more money.  I'm not rolling in cash, but I've got a fulfilling job that also allows me to live fairly well.  But I still work 60+ hours a week.

The problem is the system.  It isn't going to be solved sitting here in individual comparisons of who gets what for what labor.[/quote]

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