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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see a lot of teachers with complaints about the nature of the job, such as not having many days off during the school year, having parents rely on school as a form of childcare (not sure the answer to this other than pay nanny to sit home just in case), send them kids to teach whose behavior is not perfect. 
While I understand all these complaints and would never choose to be a teacher myself, I nonetheless find it odd. Like - if you're going to be a teacher surely you realize your time off is going to bulk in summer, you know parents need to work, you know 1 in 4 kids is neurodivergent and will need intervention and/ or support, before you become a teacher? Are these things a surprise? [/quote]

Teacher here heading into year 15. I love my job when I close my door and teach my kids. I hate the micromanagement, the lack of support, the administrative tasks that are completely unnecessary, and lack of consequences for children. Also large class sizes.

No one who I work with is complaining about anything you stated.

If they fixed the following you would hear less complaining.

1) Get rid of poor administration. Require admin to teach a minimum of 10 years. 
2) Make staffing that is beneficial to kids. Especially ESL and SpED. 
3) Get rid of unnecessary tasks and don’t add multiple new initiatives each year. 
4) Actually make it possible for expulsion to happen if so many suspensions occur (in/out). 
5) Class size cap of 25. [/quote]

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