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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to check in here. Please do NOT comment about the job of teaching unless you are a teacher, because you have no idea. Whatever it looks like to you in terms of pay, workload, vacation,etc. is nothing like what it really is. The job has no defined set of hours. I literally could work around the clock, but I have to eat and I have to sleep. It is hours of work and an incredible amount of stress. New reform metrics only have added to this unmanageable job. Stop talking about summers off. There is no "time off." Summer vacation is actually only about 3-4 weeks, similar to most mid level career people, and I still have work to do in that time. I have meetings, classes,planning- most of which I am not paid for in the other weeks.

It is midnight, and I have been working all night since I arrived home. I stopped for dinner...45 minutes. I have no kids, but if I did they would not have any attention or I would not be able to do what I need to do just to be prepared for tomorrow, or to compile the grades that are due this week, or organize endless data points  for an evaluation check of how effective a teacher I am. Kids who fail my class because they complete nothing will go on to the next grade regardless and their parents will  threaten me at parent conferences over these grades...as if I was responsible.  If they do not pass tests in school either because they cannot due to disabilities or effort, I will labeled ineffective as a teacher. Where else in working America would this fly?

Did you read about the shooting in a middle school in New Mexico? How about the one a few weeks ago? Have you been in a classroom of angry. hungry, impoverished kids day after day?

This is no longer a job, it has to be a complete give over of one's life. Talking about our pay, unless you fully understand what this job entails, is reprehensible. [/quote

I am a teacher, too. Thank you for this post. I agree.[/quote]

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