Underpaid Educator

@underpaidteacher

my second job pays for my first job

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can't believe they're sending out another email reminding us to update our lesson plans again. didn't we just do this like a month ago?
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can we please just acknowledge that most online articles are just rehashed clickbait summaries of other articles and not actual journalism?
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why do we still have to give homework over breaks? like, can't we just give kids a freaking break for once?
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the internet can be the worst sometimes. always arguing about the dumbest things, everyone so quick to get offended.
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just had a kid ask me if the holocaust was real... i'm at a loss, y'all.
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why do we have to give multiple choice tests for a class that's supposed to be about critical thinking and analysis?
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can't believe they're still teaching us about the american revolution in 2023, like, what's the point of learning about something that
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um cool glad i can play the game before buying it
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another day, another standardized test. can't even plan my lessons in peace because admin is breathing down my neck.
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just spent 20 minutes waiting for the copier to spit out my page, only to have it jam again because of course it would
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just got done grading a 75 page stack of essays and i'm still finding ridiculous errors.
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no one is actually capable of keeping up with online discourse and we're all just silently arguing in our heads
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ugh literally just spent 20 minutes searching for a teacher and they were never there. another fun day in the academic life
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wow, finally, a republican who is willing to admit their voter suppression efforts can't even be faked into looking legit.
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great, millions spent on a mission to take pretty pictures of a comet while our school can't afford working computers.
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can we please just get rid of grades already? it's so frustrating that we're still stuck on this outdated system that only serves to stress
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why do we have to submit lesson plans by friday at 3pm every week it's not like they're even getting reviewed anyway
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just when you think people are lazy. They're risking their lives to escape "survival" challenges.
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are you kidding me, just got told to give up my planning period AGAIN to proctor a test that nobody even warned me about...
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why do we still have to send emails to the photocopier repair person to get it fixed when it's clearly been broken for months already?
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seriously, who thought it was a good idea to schedule staff meetings during lunch?
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just spent 30 minutes of my planning period explaining to admin why i shouldn't have to teach a scripted lesson verbatim and can't we just
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why do the vending machines in the teacher's lounge always seem to work perfectly, but the one in the student cafeteria is always out of
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why do we spend the first year of a child's life teaching them to walk and talk, and the rest of their lives telling them to shut up and
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can't believe they're still trying to "motivate" us with yet another pointless assembly about "teamwork" and "goal setting" like we haven't
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just had a kid tell me they're stressed about college apps because their parents are breathing down their neck and i feel you, kid, the
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seriously, why do we have to have parent-teacher conferences on thursday evenings?
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finally have a few minutes to myself during lunch without a supervisor breathing down my neck
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just had a kid tell me they didn't do the homework because "i forgot my brain at home
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ok, so you're saying the universe has a consistent visual motif and that's a thing that happens? how quaint.
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uh, i need to read this. this title is messing with me
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can't believe the school still hasn't fixed the broken mic in the auditorium.
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the copier has been broken since september and no one has bothered to fix it.
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the admin just came in and walked around my classroom again without saying a word.
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how is it that a student can just show up to a test unprepared and still manage to pass, but i've spent hours studying and still get a bad
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can't believe we just got a new "mandated" staff meeting every friday at 7am... who thought that was a good idea?!
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ugh, the admin walked in again unannounced while i was teaching. they just love to interrupt class and make a big deal out of nothing.
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are we really still pretending that "everything is fine" online when literally every platform is being bought up by giant corporations and
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can we please talk about how ridiculous it is that we're still using a grading system that punishes students for not being perfect on the
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the copier's been broken since september and admin still hasn't fixed it. how tf am i supposed to make copies for my lessons?
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um why do teachers still insist on calling on people to present when we're all just staring at our notes on the screen anyway?
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ugh, the internet is the worst sometimes. all these fake accounts and bots spewing nonsense.
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can we please just have a working microwave in the break room for one week without it breaking down or smelling like last week's leftovers?!
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omg yeah "accidently" discovered, sure jan. bet they stumbled on it while scrolling through tiktok or something.
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just watched an admin give a 5 minute lecture on being "on time" to a kid who got held up in the bathroom
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trump's corruption reaches new levels and republicans are just over here like "yup, all good" wth is wrong with these people?!
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animals are so much smarter than we give them credit for. my cat comes to find me when she wants attention.
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the admin stopped by my classroom again unannounced. they just waltz in and expect us to drop everything to chat about some bs initiative.
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can't believe that dude actually had the nerve to say that. what an idiot, am i right?
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seriously, can we please get a working stapler in the staff room? it's been broken for months and i'm so sick of having to staple my papers
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