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Originally Posted by Thor
For me its always been not the exact amount of hours worked that matters when I think about the "hard" aspect of teaching, but for how much emotional investment and drain these people have to deal with when dealing with kids.
I can go to work, do my job, work OT, but like cops, EMTs, Doctors, Nurses.. Teachers have that added part of there job dealing with the multiple emotional issues that the kids bring with them to school, not to mention the added joy of dealing with the many wonderful parents who think their kid is super kid and nothing they do is wrong.
If someone offered me the same money I get now, with my 5 weeks paid vacation and offered me the exact same to teach, I would turn it down in a heartbeat. That job would just take too much on me emotionally since I'm a very empathetic person who would have a hard time leaving school without taking home with me that kid who's family is a mess, the kid who's got a single parent and can barely afford clothes, etc..
If anything I think we need to pay teachers more, like with our emergency services people.
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Ridiculous, as per Cliff's above. It's not like somebody said "We have this great job for you, it pays $100k and has 10 weeks of vacations. Do you want it?" "Yes" "Now that we have a contract, there is a little bit of a surprise.... Here are 40 devilspawn you must watch all day."
Like, I assume you know you are going to be dealing with kids when you ask to be admitted to B.Ed....