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Originally Posted by Slava
Well I have really only experienced one school as a parent, but I would say relax. Our school isn't over-crowded at all, and there really aren't that many issues that are any different from when we were young and students ourselves.
Frankly, I feel like being an elementary school teacher might be the most forgiving and have the lightest schedule of anyone in the free world at times. I mean class at our school is from 8:25-11:45 (3h20min) and then 12:45 to 3:15 (3h 30min). You probably see where I'm going with this....but that's 6hr 50min if a teacher taught every period, all day. The marking at this level is either non-existent or incredibly simple. I feel like you could breeze through say 20 math worksheets in half an hour. I'm sure that there is some prep time involved, but they also have no school every Friday afternoon. So if somone was reasonably organized it should be pretty easy to work that horrific 6 hours a day.
(Braces for cover because of the impending "you have no idea" that is surely coming)
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My wife is a teacher and she works about 60 hours per week. On top of the class time there's prep work, marking, extra curricular etc. Plus open houses, sports (coaching), parent-teacher meetings, creating individual learning plans for kids with learning disorders, staff meetings, etc all on top of the usual work day. Then there's the emails with parents, updating of the class website, etc done on weekends and evenings. It all adds up and she usually works 6 days a week. This is not uncommon and most other teachers do the same.
The burnout rate for new teachers is one of the highest of all professions.
If you're looking for low pay (relative to hours worked) and high stress - teaching is great for that.