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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, to some of these comments. It's disgusting how entitled some people sound. Do you have any idea how hard your child's teacher is most likely working? You can't imagine how much some of you are asking of teachers. Weekly email reports??  Hilarious.  Did you forget that teaching is not a desk job?  [b]Realty check: the majority of teachers spend a MINIMUM of 10-15 hours of personal (unpaid) time per week just to keep up with the job.[/b] You can't imagine the amount of time planning, grading, prepping, organizing, communicating with other staff, meetings, (did I mention TEACHING?) etc etc go into the demands of this job, especially with overcrowded classrooms which exasorbate behavior issues. [/quote]

Reality check: that is not unpaid time. It's part of the job. You're a salary employee, right?  You don't clock in each morning and make an hourly wage for the time you spend in the building, right?  So you're getting paid for it. Your argument might be that the hours are long and you're not paid enough, which I would agree with. But let's be clear on the issue. (And I have several educators in my family and one close life-long friend who is a teacher.). I'm a lawyer and I have an annual billable hour requirement, which directly impacts my compensation, and then a bunch of administrative responsibilities that do not count toward my billables. But that doesn't mean I'm not paid for those tasks. They're just built into my base salary.

And I take issue with your hostility. Engaged parents are not the enemy. Many of us are highly educated and credit our success to education. We want to be partners in our kids' education. Figure out how to harness that to your benefit. [/quote]

The point is that for the salary we are earning, and most importantly have the potential to ever earn, the workload is not fair. We too, are required to earn a bachelor's degree. We have a certain number of years to earn a master's or our salary will not advance. Ever. Our potential for earnings and our base salary pales in comparison to that of a lawyer and most other professional positions so I don't see how you can make this comparison.  Furthermore, we stand no chance at an annual bonus. You can take issue with my hostility just as I have taken issue with some of the hostile comments toward teachers on this thread. [/quote]

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