HelperElfMissy 42 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Go home early? LOL! Not any teachers I have known. All very dedicated teachers though - however they all work more than thier 9-3 or 8-4 workday. Many stay at school until 4 or 5 or 6 or later - and many who leave at 3.30 to collect thier own children and do afterschool activities with them - then pick up the marking and lesson plans after 8pm when thier own kids are in bed and start at it again! I have been at my son's school at 6pm picking them up as it gets dark after sport training and have seen plenty of the teachers just leaving for the day, or still working away in the lit classrooms. And they are there again when the kids are being dropped off early for music lessons before school at 7.45 or so... I am sure there are SOME teachers who think it is cruisy and whip out last years lessons plans and photostat sheets from the 70's for the kids to fill in the blanks - but not any worth thier salt. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Mamabear. Many Japanese teachers think you are joking with them if you say that teachers back home finish at 3pm or 4pm or 5pm. That idea is simply inconceivable for them. It is not uncommon for them to be there at 7pm or 8pm. It is rare, in my experience, for them to leave before 6pm. And then they often work from home doing stuff and have meetings in the evenings from time to time and weekends too. They take on the role of being parents for (insert number in class) kids almost. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 teaching jobs are luxury jobs if you compare with the real deal. Get with it. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 I'd hate to be a gigolo. Link to post Share on other sites
Ezorisu 0 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 You'd be hating it all the way to the bank though! Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday teaching jobs are luxury jobs if you compare with the real deal. Get with it. Serious? Have you tried teaching? and what do you define as "real"? OK, teaching is easier (physically) than my previous jobs as a shift worker in the steelmaking industry or as an abattoir worker, but there are definite downsides to the job - take, for instance, the unpaid overtime (parent interviews lasting until 10pm after a day's teaching), assignment marking that can take up to 5 or 6 hours per assignment - all done after hours. And I could go on but I'd be accused of whinging. Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Anything to do with killing animals. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Telephone sales. That must be very trying. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 It's a personal call, when I get cold called, I just say "thanks, but no thanks, goodbye" Then you get this not so good feeeling that somebody was just trying to do his job. Very annoying. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday It's a personal call, when I get cold called, I just say "thanks, but no thanks, goodbye" Then you get this not so good feeeling that somebody was just trying to do his job. Very annoying. hmmmm.... Yeah, and then you get the insistant ones that even ring you back because you did not listen to thier speel. I hate cold canvassing, and wonder why companies keep doing it. It very rarely hits the target audience, vast majority of the time it alienates people from the company that is calling...there must be a better way. It is only sustainable because they pay the international telemarketers peanuts - I mean how many "YES! Thank you for calling and interrupting my dinner, I was just in the market to buy a new mobile phone..." responses would they get? Link to post Share on other sites
yoroshiku onegai shimasu 2 Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Quote: I hate cold canvassing, and wonder why companies keep doing it. It very rarely hits the target audience, vast majority of the time it alienates people from the company that is calling...there must be a better way. One of those things like spam -- difficult to see why it's worthwhile. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 I did 3 years as a correctional officer in a maximum security prison when I was much younger. Wouldn't recommend it. I did earn some really good money though which helped set me up financially. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 Bet you have some good stories from that work, Go Native! Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 Yep, one or two! Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted May 19, 2009 Share Posted May 19, 2009 Dentist gets my vote too. One of my friends is a dentist here. He says he sees on average over 30 patients a day!!! Link to post Share on other sites
RusholmeRuffian 0 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Police. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 30 mouths full of halitosis, rotten teeth and ... eeeeew!! Yuk! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 think being a nurse would be just as bad. Bed bath anyone?, oh, you've pooped in your bed. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Any kind of health care, care for the elderly or mentally challenged etc. I admire people who do that, but I couldn't. Link to post Share on other sites
KRUSTY 2 Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Sucker Truck driver. Having to suck other peoples crap out of septic tanks, portable toilets etc. Important job that somebody has to do though. Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Moderator of a forums! But seriously, dentists and doctors must be up there for me too. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 sucker!! Reminds me, I was driving behind a sceptic tank truck yesterday. My wife wouldn't believe me when I told her what it was. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Did you open the windows? Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted May 26, 2009 Author Share Posted May 26, 2009 One of those construction work dudes who stands there all day waving traffic on. And any other mind-numbingly boring job. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted May 26, 2009 Share Posted May 26, 2009 Being a Prez or PM or some other person that has so much mad pressure day in day out. Can it possibly be worth it? (Suppose must be for that kind of person). I would prefer to minimise stress, not maximise it. Link to post Share on other sites
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