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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This generation of teachers is the most under-worked and over-entitled ever.

In the 1970s my mother would carry bags of books home with her every single night and sit up grading her HS kids French homework, putting in corrections and encouragement and grades. Every single night.

Homework just doesn't exist on that level any more. You'r'e lucky if the teacher checks its been done, but they don't engage with it at all. [/quote]

I do this. Every single night. I work every Saturday. Every Sunday. I am comfortable estimating I work 70 hours at least one week a month and never under 60. My coworkers are quitting because of the workload and I’m seriously considering it.

I’m underworked and over-entitled?[/quote]

Most teachers are not grading.  It’s auto grade on the computer and if teachers review it it’s a grade and no comments.  [/quote]

I know hundreds of teachers and not one uses auto grade. It isn’t reliable and most MS & HS kids know how to hack the answers. It never made sense in ES to collect grades in canvas anyways.

To the anti-teachers, unless you have been a teacher (not even a sub) you won’t ever understand what teachers are facing every day in the classroom. By gaslighting their thoughts and feelings you’re only making the teacher shortage worse. Clearly there’s an issue and until the system (some of it is societal) is fixed, we are going to lose the best teachers and not attract any quality teachers to replace them. 
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Thank you! 
I’m in my 18th year, and I’m tired of watching great teachers quit. We turn over 1/3 of our department every year. Each teacher leaving cites burnout for their reason why. The replacements are usually less qualified.

I’m tired. I’m only staying because I’ve invested 18 years to this, but each year I feel more resentful. There are more demands and less support. The hours aren’t sustainable. The students’ needs are so severe that I’m plagued with worry most nights about things I can’t control and things the system would rather sweep under the rug.

Are there demanding jobs other than teaching? Of course. Is the teaching profession at a crisis right now because of the demands on it? Yes, of course.

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