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Date Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 05:27:02pm
Author: Iroquois Princess
Subject: By the way, I love my job, your [sic] paying me... A snippet of writing from a New Hartford teacher. Wonder if s/he teaches our children contractions.
In reply to: Looking in all the wrong places! 's message, "You must be jealous" on Tuesday, February 24, 03:45:42pm

>Oh so now your crying because you are not a teacher.
>Our work hours are gruesome. We barely have enough
>time during the day to cover everything we would like
>to cover. You have no idea what it is like being a
>teacher in these days of federal and state mandates
>with so much nonsense and pressure put upon us by
>people that have no clue what education is all about.
>We have more rules to comply with instead of teaching
>the curriculum, no child left behind and so on. We
>have the union because of people just like you. If you
>do not like it, then you should get off your butt and
>do something about it instead of piddling around the
>internet. It sounds like you are jealous because you
>did not study for a profession, one with security.
>That is not my fault, nor that of my colleagues. There
>was no election my dear friend, it was a meeting that
>your selectmen called from your petition, remember? So
>what happened, why did it pass? You had ample time to
>do your homework and prepare. By the way, I love my
>job, your paying me, although not as much as I should
>get, but you are paying me. As for piddling around on
>the internet, my personal time is my personal time,
>just like my mid June, to August end, summer vacation.
>If you want what we have, become an educator. Walk in
>our shoes for a change.

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  • Gruesome Work Hours for Teachers? -- Dave Zitzkat, Wednesday, February 25, 03:55:33am
  • Wah! Wah! Wah! -- Iroquois Princess, Wednesday, February 25, 07:46:30am
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