Lazy Teachers?

[LadySinfiaSnoop]

Any teacher out there? My daughter runs a small business and thinks no one works as hard/as many hours as she does. She has a friend who is a primary teacher, who dd considers has an easy life. The teaching friend has one day off a week for ppa which she claims she uses to sunbathe in the garden. She uses the same lesson plans year in,year out. I worked in admin in schools all my life, but retired 5 years ago and when recently attempting to give my side of the story, as in teachers work incredibly hard, long hours etc etc I was shot down in flames by said dd who claimed teachers are all a load of moaning, lazy people who abuse the system and wouldnt know what a hard days work was. I was also told I had no relevant recent experience in schools, although I have a number of much younger friends who work in schools so I feel I am in touch.

Anyone like to give their side of the story? Particularly how many hours a week you work and what you do in your lengthy holidays?

Admittedly I ve been retired for 10 years but you were lucky to get a whole morning or afternoon for PPA never a whole day. Also, I couldn't use the same planning year on year as it all has to be individualised at different levels. Children had to be set targets and assessed against those targets every 6 weeks.

Everyone works hard ( unless unemployed) I am a teacher and I also started my nurse training in the early 1980s. Nursing is much harder than teaching (IMHO)

Lol. As if your daughters opinion would be altered by strangers on social media telling you how hard they work. How ridiculous.

Honestly? Is it a competition?

Just responding to the thread. I have experienced both. If you don’t like my response, scroll on…

I can read and contribute to any thread, and make a point if I so wish. Which I have.

In a nutshell!

Crack on…

That's exactly what I'm doing.

My day as a teacher looked like this.

Up at 5.30. Leave house by 6/15-6.30.
Arrive at school at 7am.
Print off lesson plans.
Print off materials for the day. (6 classes with 30+ students in each so even just one handout per class is 180 copies).
Finish off the night before's marking. (Books have to be marked every 2 weeks. I teach 210 students. 15 -20 mins per book. Lower ability classes write less so are a bit quicker. I spend at least 10 hours a week (out of school hours) marking.)
Books out in order of lessons.
Check seating plans to make sure no mortal enemies are within each others eye-line, let alone within arms reach. Amend seating plans based on yesterday's behaviour.
2 days a week I have meetings despite the regulation of no more than one a week.
Bus duty.
Tutor group registration.
Teach 2 classes.
Break duty.
Teach 2 classes.
Lunchtime detentions / revision groups / meetings.
If I'm lucky I get 10 minutes to eat something and have a cuppa.
Teach 2 classes.
After school (longer) detentions / meetings / bus duty.
Write up behaviour reports (generally 3 - 5 per class = at least 15 per day).
Planning for next day's lessons (6 lessons, minimum of 20 mins per class, often a lot more).
Make OR amend power points for each lesson.
By this time it's between 6.30 & 7. School is locked at 7 and there are always a few teachers straggling out at that time.
Drive home. Dinner.
Start on the marking. I try to do at least 10 books (a couple of hours worth) but it's deadly.
Make / find resources for the next day (which I'll print off in the morning).
By this time it's between 10 & 11pm and I've been working since 7am.

Most days, I struggled to find time where I could get out of the classroom to pee. There is a reason teachers suffer a lot from UTIs.

I've been an administrator. I've worked in industry. I now run my own business and earn as much as I did as a teacher. I also work less than half the hours I did as a teacher. While teaching, I worked between 70 & 80 hours a week. A colleague of mine frequently worked until midnight and at times 1am. I wasn't capable of that, but 10pm was normal, plus all day Sunday. These days I rarely work past 7.30pm.

Your DD is talking shit.

Does your daughter read the Daily Mail by chance?