re: Do you know any teachers who work a 2nd job?

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$44/hour on avg

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How much are you assuming teachers make in annual salary?

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people love to hate on teachers for some reason

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Teachers are like vegans

It's a reasonably noble life choice, but we hate them because we hear about their fricking martyrdom constantly

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There is a lot of ignorance in this thread...

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Truth.

I was a teacher for a few years, it was both the easiest job I've ever had in some ways and the hardest in other ways. You have to prepare your butt off. Imagine giving a 2-hour powerpoint every day. How long does it take you? 5 mins. Yeah, that PP is gonna suck and those high schoolers are gonna run you. And it's different every day. Some teachers have multiple preps so that's multiple classes to prep for every day.

While this becomes easier, newer teachers have to really prep during non-teaching hours, i.e. at home.

As someone who worked in industry before teaching, I did often laugh at some of the things teachers complained about. But during the school year, and school week, teachers are working their butts off.

That being said, I worked a second job on the weekends and during the summer because when you're not prepping or at school there's not shite to do.

I will, I mean all I have to do is google worksheets and give those to the kids

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Do you know any teachers who work a 2nd job?

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Yet all you hear is how they complain about not getting paid enough.

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You answered your own question.

I'll just bring them to the OT to grade

I know a teacher who owns his own business and pays others to manage while he teaches

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I never understand why teachers grade papers at home. Make shite multiple choice and run it through the scantron machine. For writing assignments like grading essays, grade them in class while the students have a reading assignment or something. If teachers are bringing home papers to grade everyday, they are assigning too much work and not doing enough teaching.

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I see you don't know anything

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It seems they would have the opportunity to pickup a 2nd job over the summer f

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in my experience (MIL is a teacher) they don't get summers off like many think. They still have shite to do throughout the summer. Idk. I do get sick of them bitching, though. She seems miserable half the time yet has done this job for 30 years. Just do something else if the bureaucracy and pay make you so unhappy.

I think he didn't include the amount of time that teachers are expected to work outside of school hours and also the supplies that teachers are expected to come out of pocket for their classes.