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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here: I acknowledge that teachers feel overworked.[/quote]

Heck, I’ll take it. I notice you used “feel” instead of “are,” but this is still one of the nicer things on this thread. Thank you!

-A teacher heading into hour 11 of work today. Just 2 more hours of grading to go. (So… a normal day.)[/quote]

Maybe if you spent less time on DCUM…[/quote]

Cute response. I am allowed to take a breather from grading every 3-4 essays, correct? I always tell my students to look up from studying every 30 minutes or so… [/quote]

Well if you’re taking breaks every 30 minutes I’m really not surprised you’re pulling 11 hour + days. I certainly do not take breaks from work every 30 minutes. And I definitely am not scrolling DCUM (I don’t even have access to it). [/quote]

Neither am I when I’m at work. That first 11 hours? In my classroom without my phone, which was in my closet. That’s where it resides all day every day. That time on DCUM? That was my first time checking personal accounts all day. I’m sorry if a few breaks  during my evening hours is somehow too much for you. My brain needs a couple of moments. I robotically worked ALL DAY. I’d like to think I’m entitled to a short break. If I chose to do that on DCUM, is that so bad? And yes, I put papers down ever 30 minutes at home for a breather, which is exactly what I tell my students to do so they can start work again refreshed after the break. Again… is that so bad?

Ask yourself why you feel the need to pick on a teacher. You made assumptions… like I even have the chance at work to TOUCH my phone. I’m responsible for 150 students. I don’t have time to go to the bathroom, much less scroll DCUM.

It’s so hard to be kind, apparently. [/quote]

NP but you spend 11 hours a day in your classroom working, not even checking your cell phone once? I’m sorry that’s a choice and there are other teaching jobs out there that do not expect you to do that. [/quote]

1. I’d need to have time to play on my phone. I don’t. My family knows to call the school’s main office if I’m needed at home. 
2. I am expected to model the behaviors I expect of my students. [b]Their phones aren’t allowed to be out, so why should mine? [/b]

Yes, I last 11 hours a day without my phone. It’s actually not that hard, especially when you’re distracted by 140 moving parts around you. (I’m aware some people with clearances manage to survive without theirs, as well.) Yes, it is my choice. I am good at my job, and this is one of the reasons why: I work hard and I expect the same from my students

As it stands, I’ll be a “former teacher” this summer. I don’t want this pressure anymore. And now I’m off to grade more.

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I'm a teacher and I leave my phone on my desk on vibrate. My family is important to me and as a single parent, I need my phone in case of an emergency with my kids. Students are students. They don't have the same responsibilities as their parents so they don't need phone access at school. [/quote]

This idea that teachers and students have the same behaviors at school is part of how teachers feel they aren’t treated as adults.  I have completely different responsibilities from a child.[/quote]

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