Anonymous wrote:The bottom line is this - People are jealous of teachers.

While we may not make the big bucks we
- have great health insurance,
- are able to stay home with our kids during the summer,
- have somewhat normal hours where we may be able to do drop off and/or pick up,
- can tutor our own kids or find experts who can (big plus),
- in some cases can pick the schools for our own kids, and
- can spend holidays with our children.

But most of all, despite how difficult the job is (Most on this board won't agree but that's just ignorance.), we enrich and save lives.

Anonymous wrote:The bottom line is this - People are jealous of teachers.

While we may not make the big bucks we
- have great health insurance,
- are able to stay home with our kids during the summer,
- have somewhat normal hours where we may be able to do drop off and/or pick up,
- can tutor our own kids or find experts who can (big plus),
- in some cases can pick the schools for our own kids, and
- can spend holidays with our children.

But most of all, despite how difficult the job is (Most on this board won't agree but that's just ignorance.), we enrich and save lives.

Anonymous wrote:The bottom line is this - People are jealous of teachers.

While we may not make the big bucks we
- have great health insurance,
- are able to stay home with our kids during the summer,
- have somewhat normal hours where we may be able to do drop off and/or pick up,
- can tutor our own kids or find experts who can (big plus),
- in some cases can pick the schools for our own kids, and
- can spend holidays with our children.

But most of all, despite how difficult the job is (Most on this board won't agree but that's just ignorance.), we enrich and save lives.

Anonymous wrote:I've said this before in other threads but the anonymous feature makes everyone look like a troll... I've been mistaken for other posters many times after agreeing or disagreeing with a perspective...

Anonymous wrote:1+. The brightest minds in American go into public education and teaching. I agree with the above post. I am a teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:I might be #1 because I am critical of the recent teacher raise. I think we voters give the union too much power. I don't blame the union for taking it, though. That said, they need to not wear a glass chin and accept some criticism.

Whenever I criticize the union, I often find some 'I teach your crappy children and you are clueless' comment back. I did not see that on your list.

Also, what I frequently hate on all forums is the passive aggressive

"yawn"

type of comment that fails to engage in discussion or directly respond.

If you are union-hating #1, then you post your anti-union points over and over again, to the point where it's impossible to discuss anything else. See the recent "Moving to VA/DC/MD" thread for an example, but not the only instance.

Why do you do this? Why can't you post your thoughts once or twice and assume everyone has read them?

Me again. So I have posted against the MCPS union/apple ballot many times and I have been attacked for it (including the usual 'here's another union hater'). I did not post on the 'Moving to VA/DC/MD' thread, though, so maybe there are others. I actually try to lay out a case for my position. I am ok with people that disagree. I try not to call people names and write as if I was not anonymous and as if my kid's teacher was on the other end of the argument. I like my kid's teachers. I just don't like some of the policies of MCPS/union. Maybe the thing we all hate is when people respond to legitimate argument with "Your an idiot".
It doesn't matter which side of the discussion you are on, it is the lack of respect that bothers me most. Kind of like our national politics....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I might be #1 because I am critical of the recent teacher raise. I think we voters give the union too much power. I don't blame the union for taking it, though. That said, they need to not wear a glass chin and accept some criticism.

Whenever I criticize the union, I often find some 'I teach your crappy children and you are clueless' comment back. I did not see that on your list.

Also, what I frequently hate on all forums is the passive aggressive

"yawn"

type of comment that fails to engage in discussion or directly respond.

If you are union-hating #1, then you post your anti-union points over and over again, to the point where it's impossible to discuss anything else. See the recent "Moving to VA/DC/MD" thread for an example, but not the only instance.

Why do you do this? Why can't you post your thoughts once or twice and assume everyone has read them?

Anonymous wrote:I might be #1 because I am critical of the recent teacher raise. I think we voters give the union too much power. I don't blame the union for taking it, though. That said, they need to not wear a glass chin and accept some criticism.

Whenever I criticize the union, I often find some 'I teach your crappy children and you are clueless' comment back. I did not see that on your list.

Also, what I frequently hate on all forums is the passive aggressive

"yawn"

type of comment that fails to engage in discussion or directly respond.

Anonymous wrote:OP here again. Could you point to an "I teach your crappy children" teacher post? I have never seen that. There seem to be a wide range of teachers posting here, some hate MCPS, some defend it, so it's impossible to lump them into a single "teacher troll."

Since we're on the subject, I hate "you must have reading comprehension problems." No, you (and I don't mean you specifically, 22:30, in this context) just don't want to understand that I disagree with you!