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Originally posted by roarlions!:
Wow! Teachers work very hard for their money. During my first 3 months teaching, I worked from 7:15 am to 8:15 at night grading papers and doing lesson plans. If you guys out there don't think teachers deserve the little amount of pay they make, go to your local school and observe for a day. It's no picnic. It's A LOT of work.
OK - saying a person actually worked 11.5 hours (allowing for travel and meals in the hours mentioned above)each of the 180 days that kids are required to be in school - that comes to 2070 hours each year. Going with the original post that teachers start at 36,144, that works out to roughly $17.50 per hour. Before benefits.
And yes, I know teachers spend a couple of weeks in the summer getting their rooms ready, but I also know that on movie and field trip days, they don't grade papers until 8:15, so it averages out. Also, as another poster pointed out, this is more common at the beginning.
I'm not posting this to lessen the importance of teachers in any way. I am very appreciative of what they do - but I do get tired of the "poor us" whining that is so common with many teachers.