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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll be the voice of dissent here. 
A boyfriend that I lived with for 2 years was a teacher.
He never ever brought work home unless he "goofed off" during a planning period, he had 2, in addition to lunch.
He did all his grading during those times, he said lunch hour was more for socializating and he wasn't interested.
It was his 5th year teaching the same grade, and he had perfected his curriculum the first couple years and continues to follow that with some tweaking.
He was home by 4 pm every day.
It was eye opening to say the least![/quote]

Your boyfriend was/is a terrible teacher.  I teach secondary, and I have a few colleagues like this; they are a frequent topic of exasperated gossip in the staff room.  Also, trust me, the students know.  I overhear students complaining about a particular colleague who is lazy and does not correct/return their work, and who does not plan lessons, but shows up and "wings it", showing lots of clips from Khan Academy.  I hope your (ex?) boyfriend found another profession.

How were you able to actually live with/date someone so lazy, unprofessional, and cavalier about wronging young people by depriving them of key concepts they needed for progress to the next level, but which they were not getting in his lazy, canned "lessons" (because, no, it isn't possible to teach effectively if one does what you describe)?  Didn't it bother you that your boyfriend was a loser?  [/quote]

You didn't read the follow up post. He was awarded "teacher of the year" 2 years in a row.
Obviously either the students and/or staff thought he was doing a great job [/quote]

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