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Originally Posted by Major
My wife is a teacher. For a 10-month, 8:00 am to 2:30 pm job with some prep work and papers to grade, not a bad gig! The people who complain aren't committed to the kids. Her words, not mine.
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Hey Major, your wife must be a middle or high school teacher because I can assure you that elementary school teachers work way more than that! My wife goes in at 700 AM and comes home at 5pm. She puts in at least 6-8 hours on weekends with correcting, lesson plans, calling parents, evaluating students strengths/weaknesses in her grade book. There are also the staff meetings, curriculum committee meetings, PTA meetings, parent teacher conferences, open houses, and required professional development hours to keep her certification. Then there are progress reports and a heck of a lot of work getting reports cards ready! She doesn't complain though because she loves what she does.
It just chaps my a-- when I here that 8-2:30, ten month crap!