A post from a couple of months ago at So You Want to Teach? got me started down the path towards writing this week's Mr. Teacher column on education.com. On it, a certain Mr. Frap made a comment to the effect of saying that teachers should consider themselves lucky that they don't work in the business world, because they are basically working a part-time job for full-time wages.
OK, if you're a teacher, your blood is already probably starting to boil. Anyway, my column this week tackles a couple of simple myths and mistakes about teachers that seem to be commonly held by non-teachers.
As always, comments are welcome.
7 comments:
The nastiest blog fight I ever had was on this very topic. There is nothing that makes my neck go all spring-loaded and me going all "I know you dih-unt!" than talking about ALL MY FREE TIME.
You know, we do have it pretty easy though! Haha. The biggest job perk is knowing that I am making a difference!
You get 45 minutes of planning time?!?!?
You lucky dog. We get no such time. I am seriously jealous.
(How sad is it when 45 minutes of planning time seems like manna from heaven?)
The column is getting some good comments, but it was rated 1 star out of 5! Maybe Mr. Frap read it after all!
I'm with Edna! 45 sounds great (not as great as 2 hour business lunches, but I'll take what I can get!)
And are the 5 personal days to include sick days? We can accumulate our sick days from year to year (though it's a bit dangerous to test the waters), but we only get 1 personal day - as if all personal business can be conducted in one day.
Love the column by the way... myself and several other teachers!
After college I taught HS for 2 years, worked in the business world for 10 years, owned my own business for 3 years, and I have now been back in teaching again for 3 years. Overall owning/working my own business was the hardest, teaching comes second, working in the business world was the easiest (relatively speaking). They all have their good and bad... I will say that if teaching did not include the summer break, than it would edge closer to a first-place tie!
You seriously don't get ANY planning periods? Are you saying you don't get any breaks during the day beyond lunch?
Sciguy, I am sure running your own business is incredibly stressful...
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