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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It used to be that teaching was one of the best jobs around — decent pay, good work–life balance, and a fulfilling career with three months of paid vacation. Yet when I talk to current teachers, they don’t seem to feel that way anymore in any of these areas.

What exactly has changed in recent years that turned teaching from a dream job into such a difficult one? Do you think teachers now see students, administrators, and parents as ungrateful?[/quote]

Lack of autonomy in the classroom. 
Lack of discipline and not being able to discipline problem students.
Federal funding addiction creating problem students who destroy classrooms and schools since they won't kick them out.
Political Correctness stifling a creative learning environment.
Mandatory "continuing education" bs during summer vacations.
[b]Summer vacations cut from 3 months to barely 2 now. [/b]
Teacher's unions in many states sucking up their paychecks.

The list goes on. [/quote]

cry me a river, lol[/quote]

One of the main reasons people go into teaching is the summers off with the kids. It be what it be.

Pay more and the shorter summer vacation wouldn't be such a thing. [b]Teachers get around $15 per hour as it is.[/b] $20-25 per hour average if you work at an inner city school like in The Substitute movies where you deal with stabbings and gang fights. [/quote]

Complete nonsense. I just checked with a friend at fcps and she makes 85k on a 195 day contract. That's over $50 per hour. And her colleagues who have been there longer than she has make much more, some of them well over six figures. And they are free to work other jobs over the breaks (which my friend does). [/quote]

Even though it might be a nonsense, don't we agree that with 60K a year (no matter how much free time one can have) it is not enough to attracts top talents into teaching that match up the nearly 60K a year tuition?  What do the parents think of this? 
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Is it enough to "attract top talents"? Not if those talents are primarily concerned with money -- if that is what these "top talents" are concerned with, they will remain at fcps or wherever, and make a lot more. Either way, for a job that is max 10 months out of the year, it is plenty good money. [/quote]

Def not attaching top talents. But maybe not even the qualified mediocre students, if the wage is so bare minimum.[/quote]

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