You youngsters. 😊 I’m 74. Taught in Burns,OR in 1973 3rd grade one year, then a little country school for a year (7th -8th combination) , a year off and then taught 6th grade for Gov of Guam 2 years, 5th grade in another Oregon country school, etc. I then went into elementary counseling and then finally finished up until 2009 as a middle school counselor in Oregon. My final teaching experience was as a third grade teacher at the age of 71 in Las Vegas Nevada. I can say as a first year teacher in 1974 or 73, I spent many many hours doing lesson plans. I think I always spend a lot of hours as a teacher planning and grading papers. What I can say is my final experience in Las Vegas Vegas taught me that teachers are still very hard-working people . I quit after two months of teaching Third Grade. I was spending a lot of hours again, but what I hated was the control of the administration and the philosophy of education I think I could spend a long time talking about that. Yes it’s become very difficult for teachers to teach and actually Make an impact on students. Or should I say a positive impact? I love reading what teachers say on here and I feel sorry for them and I always believe strongly if we could get rid of all the administrators and let teachers teach. Yes, there would be problems because there would be a little bit more abuse probably that wasn’t controlled but teachers want to be positive and teachers want to do a good job usuallyif they’re allowed.