Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!
Posted by mark on 7/14/09

On 7/14/09, Compared to what? wrote:

>
> My brother, whom I love dearly, is a union electrician and makes
> about $80,000 a year.

Does he make that now? I have several friends in the skilled
trades and their incomes have taken a hit. They're basically
working part-time, since there are so few construction projects
right now.

> Yes, we get summers (most of the summer) and holidays off.
> That's great. But I don't agree that we work from 8-3 and
> that's it, because it's not. If you are working just 7 or 8
> hours per day, then you're not doing your job right or you're
> using the same lessons year after year and your kids are bored
> to death.

BS! I work 8 hours a day, and spend an hour max during the
weekend getting ready for the week. I discipline myself and keep
to a schedule. Most of the teachers I know working 10-12 hour
days spend half the day BSing or doing WAY too much. I'm a good
teacher, and I know I could do more, but at the end of the day
this is a job and I have my own family to take care of. I work my
contractual hours, which would be 7.25, and then round it out to
about 8 coming a bit early and staying a bit late. That doesn't
include the mandatory 1 hour weekly department meeting every week.
I utilize my prep period properly, by prepping for class and
staying disciplined. I get my stuff done and that's that. It can
be done, if you organize myself. I basically work 42 hours per
week when we're in school and I make sure I cap myself at that
because I have a life outside of school. Anything else, you
volunteer, and not volunteering doesn't make you a bad teacher!

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• "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by job-seeker.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by Elena.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by pixie.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by Marina.
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• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by SpecEd Teacher.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by Mark.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by Mark.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/18/09, by job seeker.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/18/09, by NC teacher.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/18/09, by mark.
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• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/19/09, by mark.
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• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/01/09, by mel.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/14/09, by teaching in PA.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/14/09, by Compared to what?.
• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/14/09, by mark.
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