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Originally Posted by Slava
I want to agree with you, but having kids in elementary school is making me jaded perhaps. School runs from 8:25 to 3:15. So that's 6:40 a day. I realise there is a some prep involved, but lets be honest here. None of these teachers has to re-learn much that they're teaching, and the marking is incredibly basic. I say that in direct contrast to say a high school teacher where the marking is both complex and time-consuming, and they have to teach topics that are much more complex than say basic reading or math.
I also recognize that this is a bit of a tangent, but why are we only having instruction for that 6 hours a day and 3 1/2 on Fridays? To me that is a ridiculously short workday. It's really no wonder that teachers were always complaining how far behind the curriculum we were in school.
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The day at my kids' school goes from 8:05 - 2:36. By 3:00 all the teachers' cars are gone (with the exception of the principal and VP...they are often there until after 4:30). They really do work 3/4 of a day and and 2/3 of a year, yet get paid full-time salaries and have an incredible benefits package.
I hope I can convince my kids to become teachers. I wish somebody had guided me in that direction when I was going into university.