Okay suffice to say the derailment seems to have become the main topic. I imagine it would be a waste of bandwidth to start a new thread so I suppose the conversation will go on unless a mod sees fit to change things.
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Originally Posted by Russic
That's like saying I've been jobshadowing not one but TWO parents for 26 years and it looks pretty easy. Make a few meals, wipe some ass and show up to the soccer games. You may disagree with me. The difference between us? You know what it takes to be a parent whereas I haven't done it yet. My point is that a lot of things seem easy until you try them out.
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Well it's not like you have no clue what's involved in parenting. You watched your parents parent you and have a very good idea what's in the job description. Plus I'm sure you have some friends that are parents and know about the challenges. Nobody has ever said parenting is easy.
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Originally Posted by Russic
12 years job shadowing hey? Dess made this exact argument before. Drove me insane then as it does now. Some people think that because they graduated from high school they have unique knowledge that the rest of us fail to possess. Being a student gives you zero idea of what a teacher really does. Zero.
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Honestly, who cares what dess said? I don't think you're being fair to the arguement to say it has zero relevance. Of course it has relevance. I know exactly what teachers are doing from 8 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. Monday-Friday for nine months of the year. I also know there is some work involved before and after that. And the other three months of the year I also know what they are doing - not working.
It's not like it's some secret profession like gynecologist that I have never seen in action before. I sat and stared at one for years and years of my life.
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Originally Posted by Russic
My wife is a teacher and if they got 6 months off each year I still wouldn't even consider being a teacher. It's way too much work. Unlike some people, I actually like watching tv at night without a giant binder on my lap marking tests. It's perfectly fine to say that some teachers are lazy and take advantage of the system, but to say all teachers travel on easy street is pure ignorance.
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I never said they were lazy. I never said they got 6 months a year off. And I never said they don't have homework. I also am not saying teachers are taking advantage of the system. I am merely saying they are unusually well compensated for their work in more ways than one and in my view are unappreciative of the deal they have.