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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People waste an enormous amount of time in the office. Early in my career I would work 60 hours a week because I was single and there was nothing better to do and there were other singles in my office doing the same thing. When I got married I cut it down to 55 hours a week. when I became a parent I cut it down to 50 or so. I became much better at setting priorities and not wasting time. I almost never brought work home with me. It helped that most of the time I enjoyed my work and I had a lot of ambition. [/quote]

This definitely depends on the job, though. Nurses, teachers, and other people who don’t get time at work to get their paperwork done have no choice but to put in all those extra hours. [/quote]

Nurses and teachers have down time, not every day but don’t be fooled.[/quote]

Really? I’m the PP and a teacher. I had less than half an hour of down time today. That included my lunch AND my planning time together. I was in front of students for the remainder of my day.

Let those of us IN THE JOB tell you what it’s like. [/quote]

I get lunch and planning times, as do most teachers.

After year 3 most my plans are done. I use this time to grade papers

I get it some teachers just need to go walk around talking to people or sit quietly but there is time to grade papers.

I spend summers wisely so I’m not running around nights and weekends running errands.[/quote]

That’s great for you. That’s not how some of us have it. I get 30 minutes out of class a day. I’m with students for over 5 hours a day and have one hour of meetings a day.

I teach 150 students. Grading buried me, and the 30 minutes I get just isn’t enough.

I’m glad you have it good. Don’t assume the rest of us are just lazy.[/quote]

Reconsider the types of assignments you do so your not buried in grading.

Don’t pretend those 5 hours with students don’t have grading time.[/quote]

Don’t assume you know my circumstances.

It sounds like you have a great situation. I’m happy for you. Why don’t you support your fellow teachers who don’t have it so good instead of assuming you have all the answers? If I could change something, I would have. I can’t.

So I deal or I quit.

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