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FWIW: I taught high school English for about ten years. In addition to my regular 40 hrs, I routinely prepped, marked up writing, etc for an additional 15-20 ho
by germinalphrase 4y ago
FWIW: I taught high school English for about ten years. In addition to my regular 40 hrs, I routinely prepped, marked up writing, etc for an additional 15-20 hours per week.
I left in June and took a new job at a small tech consultancy here in Minneapolis. Teaching is a special job in many ways, but the material benefits of exiting education are stark (at least for me).
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 4y agoThe students are required to work for hours more per week, why not the teachers?
- germinalphrase 4y agoBecause I signed a contract that specifies contractual hours and duties? Edit: I’m also sympathetic to the argument that students shouldn’t be required to do school work outside school hours; however, that is a much more involved conversation than we are going to have here.
- peteradio 4y agoStudents are the ones benefiting from their own work AND the work of the teacher.