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Why I quit subbing....

by Lauren

Jun 3, 2012

First of all Janice, you are NOT worth 117,000 a year! I don't care HOW LONG you've been teaching. How do you even begin to justify that much???? The poor tax payers in your school district are being raped financially just so you can live your life of Riley. That's almost 10,000.00 a month! And the poor machine operator who struggles to put food on the table and send his kids to school pays whopping taxes so "Janice" can her outrageous pay. And for what? Basically glorified babysitting. It makes me sick! I don't want any part of your profession.

And by the way....you DO get paid for summers, holidays, etc. You divide by 52 weeks and get paychecks over the summer. If you say, "No, I divide by 40 because that's how many school days there are..." then you are an idiot and shouldn't be teaching. DUH!

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anon Many of us paid for our degrees out of our own pockets by working through school and grad school. Oh, and teachers do pay taxes by the way and funnel money into the economy, which creates MORE jobs in the private sector that you so worship.

If you are so jealous, try to become a teacher. I know why you wouldn't: It's because it's a hard, ...See More

Jun 8, 2012

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To: anon I couldn't have said it better myself! AMEN!!

On 6/08/12, anon wrote: > There are so many falsehoods here it makes me sick. As a > teacher you are NOT paid for summers and holidays, and you are > only paid for instruction hours. You take tons of work home > or work after hours at school to get caught up. You are > basically ...See More

Jun 8, 2012

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I'm A Teacher and Proud of It! What a jerk, huh, anon? Who in the world would hire her! Can she say "n-o-b-o-d-y?"

On 6/08/12, anon wrote: > Many of us paid for our degrees out of our own pockets by working > through school and grad school. Oh, and teachers do pay taxes by > the way and funnel money into the economy, which creates MORE jobs > in the private ...See More

Jun 8, 2012

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lostsubteacher Well,

Substitute teaching is a very difficult job, although regular teachers do seem to see you as a "babysitter" type, at least from my experience, and they don't really seem to expect much out of you, even though you likely do have a degree in Education and are willing to learn. Most places, like my district, even use an automated syste...See MoreWell,

Substitute teaching is a very difficult job, although regular teachers do seem to see you as a "babysitter" type, at least from my experience, and they don't really seem to expect much out of you, even though you likely do have a degree in Education and are willing to learn. Most places, like my district, even use an automated system for choosing subs, so the regular teacher may not even get a chance to meet the sub. The busy work left for the students indicates that the regular teacher expects very little out of the sub, but I guess that's just the way the system is set up. My district also doesn't allow subs to access teachers' computers or use any of the online resources available to the regular teachers, but that's the policy; it's not the teachers' fault.

I also think that it's fruitless for new graduates to criticize the teachers who already found jobs in a better economy and worked for their tenure; from what I've seen, the older teachers are in a league of their own. They've gained experience and education that allows them to effectively deal with situations most would struggle with. It's definitely probably difficult to train a new teacher to deal with similar situations. I, personally, though, would almost work for free to receive some of that training and respect, though and would like to be trained by one of those seasoned professionals. Where can I sign up? Student teaching was not enough and barely prepared me for anything. My respect goes to veteran teachers across America who had enough courage to mess up, stay in, experiment, learn more, and grow through experience.

On 6/08/12, To: anon wrote: > I couldn't have said it better myself! AMEN!! > > > On 6/08/12, anon wrote: >> There are so many falsehoods here it makes me sick. As a >> teacher you are NOT paid for summers and holidays, and you are >> only paid for instruction hours. You take tons of work home >> or work after hours at school to get caught up. You are >> basically laid off during the summer; teachers typically get >> their checks spread out over 12 months so the districts don't >> have to pay UI when teachers are laid off for the school year. >> You think teaching is easy? Try it instead of being > such a >> jealous jerk because you made lousy life choices. >> >> You are such a jealous, filthy liar it isn't really worth >> responding to you. >> >> >> >> On 6/03/12, Lauren wrote: >>> First of all Janice, you are NOT worth 117,000 a year! I >>> don't care HOW LONG you've been teaching. How do you even >>> begin to justify that much???? The poor tax payers in your >>> school district are being raped financially just so you can >>> live your life of Riley. That's almost 10,000.00 a month! >>> And the poor machine operator who struggles to put food on >>> the table and send his kids to school pays whopping taxes so >>> "Janice" can her outrageous pay. And for what? Basically >>> glorified babysitting. It makes me sick! I don't want any >>> part of your profession. >>> >>> And by the way....you DO get paid for summers, holidays, >>> etc. You divide by 52 weeks and get paychecks over the >>> summer. If you say, "No, I divide by 40 because that's how >>> many school days there are..." then you are an idiot and >>> shouldn't be teaching. DUH!

Jun 11, 2012

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Reality On 6/04/12, Lauren wrote: > Oh Janice, > I'm SOOOOOOOOOO glad you responded! I completely forgot > another reason I think teachers are spoiled brats...WHO do you > think pays for all those 30 extra credits, master degrees and > Who-Z-Whatsy extra credits you so tout as YOURS! > That's right...poor Joe taxpayer.

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Aug 3, 2012

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