[golux]

I can tell you from experience teachers now get fired for treating their students like anything but little kings and queens. I put more effort into grading each paper, test, or quiz than 85% of my kids put into writing them. Each one. It is a thankless job and I have thought “WTF is THIS” over and over and over again.

[Hieronymus]

It does provide a decent living and retirement, and can be fairly guaranteed employment, but I think I’d probably rather dig ditches than teach in most secondary schools—and I teach at the post-secondary level. My hat is off to you.

[nicollo]

I put more effort into grading each paper, test, or quiz than 85% of my kids put into writing them. Each one. It is a thankless job and I have thought “WTF is THIS” over and over and over again

Near the end of my teaching career I finally figured out the best way to get through grading mass quantities of essays/ written responses was to record feedback by voice, attach it to an email, and move on. Saved me so much time and allowed me to provide much more feedback than if I were writing or typing it on the papers.