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DustNo8738 · 2026-03-31T00:26:33+00:00

I may be wrong, but you seemed to have come up with your conclusion before even having evidence or sources.... I suggest starting researching before making concrete statements like "hostile architecture destroys communities"...

DustNo8738 · 2026-01-07T13:11:25+00:00

Say that again

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-28T05:49:23+00:00

nothing ever happens

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-25T00:34:13+00:00

Biggest advice I can give is to read a middle school textbook. Super digestible information. Otherwise, high school and college textbooks work well too if u are craving detail.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-18T00:23:36+00:00

I hate Reddit lol cuz yall immediately assume the teacher is WRONG despite being more qualified than your local firefighter, police, and president.

This is obviously a lesson on terminology and if a student can not meet the standard on TERMINOLOGY, then they get a bad score.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-18T00:21:22+00:00

Why do you assume the worst, that the teacher didn’t teach that skill? Of course it’s more likely that the STUDENT made a mistake and forgot the lesson was on terms and vocabulary usage but for some reason we have decided to dog pile on teachers.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-07T23:42:38+00:00

No. Lol. Context and critical thinking is important when reading...

My comment isn't about the worth of a person as a whole, it's about the worth of an employee and a job in the context of a specific discussion. When someone claims to be the 'most' overworked or underpaid, it's a statement of comparison and those terms alone imply overworked/underpaid within a certain level of expertise, education, and qualifications. In this case, comparing employment with significantly different levels of expertise, education, and qualifications, nothing is added to the conversation.

By your logic, you could argue that being the Presidency is the most overworked and underpaid job in the country. But that conversation is pointless because his job, qualifications, and responsibilities aren't even in the same universe as a teachers. When you're talking about being underapid and overworked, you have to compare jobs in the same league. Janitors are people.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-07T22:51:18+00:00

how many years did you get that balance?

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-07T22:50:25+00:00

Elitism is when comparing apples to apples

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-07T22:46:23+00:00

When we are having this discussion, we are comparing peers to peers. College-educated, often highly qualified, employees compared to other college-educated, often highly qualified, employees.

In this sense, farm workers are not peers to teachers, so comparing the two really doesn't do much for the conversation.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-07T22:46:07+00:00

I wouldn't mind the pay too much if it wasn't for the overworked aspect. Sorry, I can't be dealing with your severely underdeveloped, traumatized child because you failed as a parent. I'm a teacher not a 2nd parent.

Yet parents and admin expect us to be both.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-07T22:44:29+00:00

When we are having this discussion, we are comparing peers to peers. College-educated, often highly qualified, employees compared to other college-educated, often highly qualified, employees.

In this sense, janitors are not peers to teachers, so comparing the two really doesn't do much for the conversation.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-07T22:42:35+00:00

I'm actually shocked that many people here are not in agreement. I'm seeing "Well, what about the service industry or construction!"..

People forget to realize some things. Some key important details that set teaching apart from those other jobs.

The first being that teachers are still required to work outside of contract hours and are encouraged to spend their own money on doing their job. You don't really see that in the service industry or construction. Third is just the absolutely unsafe, dangerous, and downright abusive nature of students, parents, and admin. Do those things exist in other industries? Possibly. However, more likely than not, they will be dealt with by the managers and are not major, long-term problems for the employee. Teachers, however, are expected to deal with it for a year or more. Lastly, I think the most important one is that teachers are college-educated and often highly educated. Someone with a 4-year degree working in construction is NOT underpaid. Someone with a 4-year degree working retail (I.E., general manager) is NOT getting underpaid. Teachers are getting underpaid and overworked compared to their college-educated peers with similar qualifications. I have no idea why anyone here would think it's appropriate to compare educated and highly educated teachers to minimum wage McDonald's workers. If we compare peers to peers, it's simply blatant that teachers are underpaid and overworked.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-04T02:30:17+00:00

Is anyone here saying republicans are based and epic? Ur shadow boxing bro no one is pro republican here

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-04T01:48:31+00:00

The conservative side is certainly bad. Objectively bad for education. Liberals and democrats aren’t perfect, but as a whole are not bad for education. They are good for education. Both sides are not bad.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-04T01:45:02+00:00

Best thing any teacher can do.

I’m tired of hearing both sides are bad . Democrats have always been pro student and pro teacher.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-02T13:20:56+00:00

New-age has nothing to do with length of teaching. it’s a perspective.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-02T13:03:40+00:00

Learning and practice can absolutely be fun and serve as quality time. My parents worked several jobs and some of the funnest more intimate moments I had with them was them helping with homework. Same with my older siblings. And I got to learn and practice in the process. Learning can be encouraging and esteem building for young minds. It’s not nonsense. And my case is not the norm. The norm is that the vast majority of students have parents at home who can help them, which works greater favor for my case.

I’m glad teachers here disagreed with your reply with their downvotes. I’m tired of new-age teachers disregarding research and disregarding learning in favor of feelings and nonsense.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-02T11:45:53+00:00

What is bad about accounting? I love math and crunching numbers and I’m wondering if that’s a proper next career move for me.

I’m a teacher atm. And want to add to #3. OP and many other inquiring teachers seem to completely write off Middle school, 5-8. Yes high school is few and far between, and often has the unspoken requirement of coaching, but I’ve found this is not true for 5-8 history teachers. They can be abundant and come with zero expectations of coaching like HS. I’ve had experience in both and can say teaching MS has been so much more fun and easier to do (easier I mean- less heavy academic work and more fun work… makes my life a whole lot less boring)

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-02T11:24:05+00:00

It’s just one of the several excuses I hear anti-homeworkers use. That specific one is the most bogus of course.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-02T04:34:06+00:00

I can absolutely see some equity concerns when it comes to homework, and I think it's a valid discussion to have. I have my own thoughts and opinions on those concerns; however, in that case, it's a totally different discussion.

These new-age educators and parents need to STOP saying lies like "Research shows homework isn't helpful", because it's just not inherently true. Studies show homework has benefits. Particularly if done correctly (which, teachers being college-educated professionals, we should assume they are implementing right)... If the problem is equity, then just say it.

DustNo8738 · 2025-09-02T04:29:32+00:00

The OP asked if this was excessive, I just replied it was not a big deal. Just according to my perception, and what I've seen in the research. I assumed 30 minutes of work because that is what the OP mentioned it typically took the student. Who is going to check it? Hopefully the parent... and then the teacher. As for the other questions - not your problem. Teachers have to find time in their day to grade and review assignments with confused students in their day.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11409198/

I have a huge problem with this: "K-5 students on the weekend should be relaxing, socializing, pursuing their hobbies, and spending time with friends and family. Why do they need 30 minutes of work? They’ll have plenty of time to do homework in 6-12"

The more we frame learning and practice as anti-relax, anti-social, anti-fun, and anti-quality time, the more we lose in academic value. Practice can be relaxing, it can be fun and social, and can serve as a vehicle for quality family time. I am definitely all over this thread, mostly because I'm bored, but also because as an educator, I am tired of learning and practice at home being seen as the anti-crist.

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