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Originally Posted by Clarkey
Putting the topic of lazy teachers aside, am I the only one who questions the efficiency of the teachers who are allegedly putting in these 12 hour days, evenings, weekends etc.? I would think that a hard working competent teacher should be able to get everything done in an 8-9 hour day, if not it seems like they are not working that efficiently. Granted there are distractions and commitments during the teaching day but there is also a lot of down time too. Other than the occasional overtime for marking papers etc. (most salaried jobs have unpaid overtime) I can't sympathize with the the 12 hour days/50-60 hours a week talk.
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Lets see...kids are at school for 6.5 hours. You have extra curricular activities for 2 hours. It isn't university...you don't only mark one essay and 3 tests per semester. You need to have the next day's worth of lessons ready for the kids. Tell me, how long do you think it takes to plan 5 or 6 hours worth of lessons every day? On top of that you have to create tests/quizzes/assignments, talk to parents, give kids extra help outside of class time, supervision duties while the kids aren't in class...
Actually, now that I look at it, there really isn't much going on throughout the day...there is tonnes of down time!!!
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