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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your situation sounds like every job I’ve had, including my first one, where I  was paid less than teachers. I put in 10-12 hours or more a day, worked weekends,  was on call during holidays, and had to represent myself as an expert to customers on a subject I had only cursory knowledge of…. [/quote]

I don't disagree. Had the same experience myself but were you responsible for teaching something important to 150 young minds whose only knowledge of a subject might be the words that come from you? I never took chem ever again after high school as an example and literally the only thing I know when hearing the news is from that high school teacher. Good thing she was a good one.[/quote]

I’m the poster you responded to. No, I didn’t teach children. Instead, if my work went wrong, people’s lives were at risk within minutes. When something didn’t work properly, deaths occurred quickly.[/quote]

We get it your lame point-everyone else's jobs are so much more important than teachers. Blah, blah, blah-hope this made you feel better about yourself though! :)[/quote]

You read too much. Nobody said that. Jobs are just often tough. Teachers work hard and do better, but many other jobs also have abuse and stress.[/quote]

Everyone knows other jobs have abuse and stress. Go complain about it on a forum specific to your job. Teachers aren’t logging into engineering forums to chime in about how hard teaching is. Stay in your own lane.[/quote]

DP. Thank you for this. I’m often annoyed by the fact teachers can’t have a space to discuss teaching-specific stress.

OP, I transferred to private and love it. I still work long hours, and I often devote 12-14 hours a weekend to catching up. I don’t mind doing it as much, however, because I’m respected more and because the days are more enjoyable. This may be school-specific, but I recommend investigating private.

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