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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know about the current teachers--but the perks of teaching are now disappearing.  It used to be that creativity in the classroom was an asset, now the "powers that be" seem to want everyone doing the same thing at the same time.

Hours and summer vacations also used to be an asset--but, now, there are many jobs that are far more flexible.  People are allowed to work from home these days--teachers cannot do that.  People can work flex hours--teachers hours are set.  People get far more vacation than they did back in the day.  (Believe it or not--the common vacation was two weeks when I was a child.  Three if you worked at the place a long, long time--maybe)

So, the perks that went with teaching are no longer better than at other jobs.  And, the satisfaction has diminished due to all the teaching to the test.  The job is much more stressful--and, it seems--at least from my experience and comparing it to these forums--that we have extremes in parenting.  It appears to be either failed attempts to get parents involved-or the other extreme-parents who are hovering constantly over the classroom-or in the classroom.[/quote]

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