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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They aren’t just paying me for busy work.  They are also paying me to be available to solve problems that come up.  To have access to my expertise.  [/quote]

Perhaps you should be paid only for when your expertise is actually used.

This thread frustrates me because it’s showing how severely imbalanced careers are. I’m a teacher who is highly skilled and highly credentialed. My employer needs my skills 55-60 hours a week, sometimes more. I solve problems that come up 15-20 times a day. And my work is extremely important.

This imbalance is driving so many people out of teaching. Why should I work so hard for so little when I can get a job sitting around for more pay? (Perhaps I’m overqualified?)[/quote]

So get another job then. Bottom line - the market doesn’t need to pay teachers a lot because actually quite a lot of people are capable and willing to do it. Because it’s actually not that bad - summers off is HUGE and no, you’re not actually working all summer - so get over yourself. [/quote]

… written by a person who knows nothing about teaching. No, plenty of people AREN’T capable and willing to do it. [b]That’s why we are experiencing a major shortage.[/b] And no, it IS “actually that bad.” Unlike the many people posting about their easy jobs that pay tons of $$, teachers work without breaks in stressful, unsustainable conditions. Many people can’t last, demonstrating how hard the job actually is. And I didn’t even mention summer, so what was up with that weird comment?

And I’m happy to “get over myself” and quit like everybody else. Question is, what happens then? [/quote]

The unemployment rate is super low and there are “major shortages” in tons of industries. Only teachers think this is some divine sign of their own unique martyrdom.[/quote]

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