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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of us work on the weekends and in the evening, folks.

I am a 20 year professional in a different field and make $112K a year.  So that's more than a 20 year teacher, but when you add in the benefits that teachers get, it's pretty on-par.   I get 5 weeks off a year, which is a lot of the private sector but less than teachers by a couple of weeks.

I work plenty of weekends and evenings.

I think teachers should be well-paid!  I just don't buy the whole "our jobs are so much harder than everyone else's" line.[/quote]

You are not held accountable for 130 to 150 students each day.  Let's say I'm a smart planner, and I "only" have my 60 AP language essays to grade that I collected on Thursday.  I have ONE planning period to grade; the other is for collaborative planning with my colleagues (a requirement).  Each essay takes 20 minutes to grade.  That's 1200 minutes - or 20 hours.  no lie, no exaggeration

So I can do a little at a time, but to be honest, I have children - small ones at that - who also need to be picked up from school, taken to activities, fed, you know - the whole parent thing???? We are parents after all.

So let's say I DO finish grading them that weekend.  I still have to plan AP lessons for 2 classes as well as lessons for my 3 on-level 9th graders.

YOUR job is a joke, PP. I've been in other jobs; "work" consisted of reading and responding to emails and writing reports.  soooo easy compared to developing lessons for 9th graders who read anywhere from a 3rd grade level to a 10th grade level . . .

So yes, it IS much harder.  You have no idea.  So unless you've been in my shoes (as I've been in yours), [b]shut the hell up.[/b][u][/quote]

Such arrogance and nonsense. Let's make the absurd obvious. Teacher PP: would you like to exchange your total compensation package and working conditions with the average soldier in Afghanistan - who certainly has more responsibility and accountability than you do?

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Wow Teacher... just wow... [b]thank God you will never teach my kids.[/b] Agree with PP, such arrogance. Vulgarity is the last line of defense for those whose position is indefensible. [/quote]

I'm the not-a-teacher from the post above this one about the non-comparability of jobs in MoCo vs. Afghanistan (which I notice nobody is responding to ).

[b]The bolded part is an admission that your kids are in private school. Nice[/b]![/quote]

Haha! BUSTED! [/quote]
You bet my kids are in private school. I wouldn't send my dog to public school. You and I pay taxes so your kids can be taught by the lovely person posting above me.[/quote]

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