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Originally Posted by tanguay'sstillgood
True, I can't, and don't actually want to, argue with you about teachers having incredible job protection (including bad teachers). The main point of my post was that most new teacher work their butts off, and it is the large minority that skim by doing the minimum...the lasting part was just tossed in at the end.
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Hey I agree that most teachers do work hard and it is the minority (early on, I think many old teachers really do dog it) that do the minimum.
I do think that there are just as many people who think that teachers have it so bad as there are that think they have it easy.
From my experience in terms of work load and hours teachers are no different than most jobs and you will find all sorts of workers that put in the same hours if they want to do a good job at their career.
It certainly isn't the cushy job that some are making it out but at the same time it is nowhere near the terrible grind that others seem to be stating as well.
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Originally Posted by John Doe
They might not get fired, but if they are no good they will not get re-hired. Most school boards hand out permanent contracts reluctantly.
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We can go back and forth on this all day but I have seen and know of plenty of bad teachers that have permanent contracts and that were poor both before and after they received it.
Again I am sure they are out there but personally I know of no teachers that have not been offered a permanent contract due to poor performance and I know a lot of teachers/school boards.