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On May 15 2009 23:26 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2009 20:30 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 12:33 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 02:17 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 02:12 micronesia wrote:
I had a roomie from EB.
Anyway, I am always jealous of the college schedule for summers...
Now I'm busy until the end of June ._.
Then again most people work year round D: Yea for real if you have 2 weeks paid vacation be happy with what you got, if you have more than that then lol. Well some jobs take more out of you than others, so comparing raw number of vacation days may not be fair (apples and oranges). True. But the thing with shitty jobs is those usually have fewer vacation days as well, because blue collar jobs are an absolute necessity and the condition of the workers is often ignored. They may not be as mentally/psychologically taxing (to me at least) as I imagine teaching would, but it's hard to ignore physical exhaustion and overtime hours, and teachers have looong breaks, weekends, and holidays when all they really have to do is grade homework/tests or make up new assignments from the comfort of their home. Who brought teaching into this? Well... you I guess. Also, while I agree with many of your points about blue collar jobs, I think your generalizations about teaching aren't quite accurate. Teaching just isn't what you think it is until you do it.
It was just an arbitrary example of a job that has a lot of vacation days but is mentally taxing (you are tired after a day of work even though you physically don't do much).
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On May 16 2009 00:12 fanatacist wrote:Show nested quote +On May 15 2009 23:26 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 20:30 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 12:33 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 02:17 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 02:12 micronesia wrote:
I had a roomie from EB.
Anyway, I am always jealous of the college schedule for summers...
Now I'm busy until the end of June ._.
Then again most people work year round D: Yea for real if you have 2 weeks paid vacation be happy with what you got, if you have more than that then lol. Well some jobs take more out of you than others, so comparing raw number of vacation days may not be fair (apples and oranges). True. But the thing with shitty jobs is those usually have fewer vacation days as well, because blue collar jobs are an absolute necessity and the condition of the workers is often ignored. They may not be as mentally/psychologically taxing (to me at least) as I imagine teaching would, but it's hard to ignore physical exhaustion and overtime hours, and teachers have looong breaks, weekends, and holidays when all they really have to do is grade homework/tests or make up new assignments from the comfort of their home. Who brought teaching into this? Well... you I guess. Also, while I agree with many of your points about blue collar jobs, I think your generalizations about teaching aren't quite accurate. Teaching just isn't what you think it is until you do it. It was just an arbitrary example of a job that has a lot of vacation days but is mentally taxing (you are tired after a day of work even though you physically don't do much).
It is generally unfair to say that teachers physically don't do much. I'll agree the physical burden of a teacher is low compared to many hands-on jobs, but I think most people think that being a teacher isn't physically tiring, which is wrong (unless you are some lazy teacher who sits at your desk in front of the room all day, but most teachers aren't like that).
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On May 16 2009 01:27 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2009 00:12 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 23:26 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 20:30 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 12:33 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 02:17 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 02:12 micronesia wrote:
I had a roomie from EB.
Anyway, I am always jealous of the college schedule for summers...
Now I'm busy until the end of June ._.
Then again most people work year round D: Yea for real if you have 2 weeks paid vacation be happy with what you got, if you have more than that then lol. Well some jobs take more out of you than others, so comparing raw number of vacation days may not be fair (apples and oranges). True. But the thing with shitty jobs is those usually have fewer vacation days as well, because blue collar jobs are an absolute necessity and the condition of the workers is often ignored. They may not be as mentally/psychologically taxing (to me at least) as I imagine teaching would, but it's hard to ignore physical exhaustion and overtime hours, and teachers have looong breaks, weekends, and holidays when all they really have to do is grade homework/tests or make up new assignments from the comfort of their home. Who brought teaching into this? Well... you I guess. Also, while I agree with many of your points about blue collar jobs, I think your generalizations about teaching aren't quite accurate. Teaching just isn't what you think it is until you do it. It was just an arbitrary example of a job that has a lot of vacation days but is mentally taxing (you are tired after a day of work even though you physically don't do much). It is generally unfair to say that teachers physically don't do much. I'll agree the physical burden of a teacher is low compared to many hands-on jobs, but I think most people think that being a teacher isn't physically tiring, which is wrong (unless you are some lazy teacher who sits at your desk in front of the room all day, but most teachers aren't like that).
Relatively speaking it's easy. If a laborer becomes a teacher the physical load would be negligible, not so vice versa.
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On May 16 2009 07:14 fanatacist wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2009 01:27 micronesia wrote:On May 16 2009 00:12 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 23:26 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 20:30 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 12:33 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 02:17 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 02:12 micronesia wrote:
I had a roomie from EB.
Anyway, I am always jealous of the college schedule for summers...
Now I'm busy until the end of June ._.
Then again most people work year round D: Yea for real if you have 2 weeks paid vacation be happy with what you got, if you have more than that then lol. Well some jobs take more out of you than others, so comparing raw number of vacation days may not be fair (apples and oranges). True. But the thing with shitty jobs is those usually have fewer vacation days as well, because blue collar jobs are an absolute necessity and the condition of the workers is often ignored. They may not be as mentally/psychologically taxing (to me at least) as I imagine teaching would, but it's hard to ignore physical exhaustion and overtime hours, and teachers have looong breaks, weekends, and holidays when all they really have to do is grade homework/tests or make up new assignments from the comfort of their home. Who brought teaching into this? Well... you I guess. Also, while I agree with many of your points about blue collar jobs, I think your generalizations about teaching aren't quite accurate. Teaching just isn't what you think it is until you do it. It was just an arbitrary example of a job that has a lot of vacation days but is mentally taxing (you are tired after a day of work even though you physically don't do much). It is generally unfair to say that teachers physically don't do much. I'll agree the physical burden of a teacher is low compared to many hands-on jobs, but I think most people think that being a teacher isn't physically tiring, which is wrong (unless you are some lazy teacher who sits at your desk in front of the room all day, but most teachers aren't like that). Relatively speaking it's easy. If a laborer becomes a teacher the physical load would be negligible, not so vice versa.
You are right, but I've done some jobs that involved labor (not quite as bad as the worst of the worst though), and I can say teaching is most definitely higher up there than you'd think! It's a lot more physically tiring than almost any other white collar job at least.
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On May 16 2009 07:18 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2009 07:14 fanatacist wrote:On May 16 2009 01:27 micronesia wrote:On May 16 2009 00:12 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 23:26 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 20:30 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 12:33 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 02:17 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 02:12 micronesia wrote:
I had a roomie from EB.
Anyway, I am always jealous of the college schedule for summers...
Now I'm busy until the end of June ._.
Then again most people work year round D: Yea for real if you have 2 weeks paid vacation be happy with what you got, if you have more than that then lol. Well some jobs take more out of you than others, so comparing raw number of vacation days may not be fair (apples and oranges). True. But the thing with shitty jobs is those usually have fewer vacation days as well, because blue collar jobs are an absolute necessity and the condition of the workers is often ignored. They may not be as mentally/psychologically taxing (to me at least) as I imagine teaching would, but it's hard to ignore physical exhaustion and overtime hours, and teachers have looong breaks, weekends, and holidays when all they really have to do is grade homework/tests or make up new assignments from the comfort of their home. Who brought teaching into this? Well... you I guess. Also, while I agree with many of your points about blue collar jobs, I think your generalizations about teaching aren't quite accurate. Teaching just isn't what you think it is until you do it. It was just an arbitrary example of a job that has a lot of vacation days but is mentally taxing (you are tired after a day of work even though you physically don't do much). It is generally unfair to say that teachers physically don't do much. I'll agree the physical burden of a teacher is low compared to many hands-on jobs, but I think most people think that being a teacher isn't physically tiring, which is wrong (unless you are some lazy teacher who sits at your desk in front of the room all day, but most teachers aren't like that). Relatively speaking it's easy. If a laborer becomes a teacher the physical load would be negligible, not so vice versa. You are right, but I've done some jobs that involved labor (not quite as bad as the worst of the worst though), and I can say teaching is most definitely higher up there than you'd think! It's a lot more physically tiring than almost any other white collar job at least.
Any job where you socialize, stand and talk for ~8 hours a day is strenuous, yea (over cubicle whoring).
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On May 16 2009 10:03 fanatacist wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2009 07:18 micronesia wrote:On May 16 2009 07:14 fanatacist wrote:On May 16 2009 01:27 micronesia wrote:On May 16 2009 00:12 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 23:26 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 20:30 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 12:33 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 02:17 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 02:12 micronesia wrote:
I had a roomie from EB.
Anyway, I am always jealous of the college schedule for summers...
Now I'm busy until the end of June ._.
Then again most people work year round D: Yea for real if you have 2 weeks paid vacation be happy with what you got, if you have more than that then lol. Well some jobs take more out of you than others, so comparing raw number of vacation days may not be fair (apples and oranges). True. But the thing with shitty jobs is those usually have fewer vacation days as well, because blue collar jobs are an absolute necessity and the condition of the workers is often ignored. They may not be as mentally/psychologically taxing (to me at least) as I imagine teaching would, but it's hard to ignore physical exhaustion and overtime hours, and teachers have looong breaks, weekends, and holidays when all they really have to do is grade homework/tests or make up new assignments from the comfort of their home. Who brought teaching into this? Well... you I guess. Also, while I agree with many of your points about blue collar jobs, I think your generalizations about teaching aren't quite accurate. Teaching just isn't what you think it is until you do it. It was just an arbitrary example of a job that has a lot of vacation days but is mentally taxing (you are tired after a day of work even though you physically don't do much). It is generally unfair to say that teachers physically don't do much. I'll agree the physical burden of a teacher is low compared to many hands-on jobs, but I think most people think that being a teacher isn't physically tiring, which is wrong (unless you are some lazy teacher who sits at your desk in front of the room all day, but most teachers aren't like that). Relatively speaking it's easy. If a laborer becomes a teacher the physical load would be negligible, not so vice versa. You are right, but I've done some jobs that involved labor (not quite as bad as the worst of the worst though), and I can say teaching is most definitely higher up there than you'd think! It's a lot more physically tiring than almost any other white collar job at least. Any job where you socialize, stand and talk for ~8 hours a day is strenuous, yea (over cubicle whoring). You don't know what teaching involves lol
Don't feel bad, most people share your view.
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On May 16 2009 10:49 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2009 10:03 fanatacist wrote:On May 16 2009 07:18 micronesia wrote:On May 16 2009 07:14 fanatacist wrote:On May 16 2009 01:27 micronesia wrote:On May 16 2009 00:12 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 23:26 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 20:30 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 12:33 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 02:17 fanatacist wrote:
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Yea for real if you have 2 weeks paid vacation be happy with what you got, if you have more than that then lol. Well some jobs take more out of you than others, so comparing raw number of vacation days may not be fair (apples and oranges). True. But the thing with shitty jobs is those usually have fewer vacation days as well, because blue collar jobs are an absolute necessity and the condition of the workers is often ignored. They may not be as mentally/psychologically taxing (to me at least) as I imagine teaching would, but it's hard to ignore physical exhaustion and overtime hours, and teachers have looong breaks, weekends, and holidays when all they really have to do is grade homework/tests or make up new assignments from the comfort of their home. Who brought teaching into this? Well... you I guess. Also, while I agree with many of your points about blue collar jobs, I think your generalizations about teaching aren't quite accurate. Teaching just isn't what you think it is until you do it. It was just an arbitrary example of a job that has a lot of vacation days but is mentally taxing (you are tired after a day of work even though you physically don't do much). It is generally unfair to say that teachers physically don't do much. I'll agree the physical burden of a teacher is low compared to many hands-on jobs, but I think most people think that being a teacher isn't physically tiring, which is wrong (unless you are some lazy teacher who sits at your desk in front of the room all day, but most teachers aren't like that). Relatively speaking it's easy. If a laborer becomes a teacher the physical load would be negligible, not so vice versa. You are right, but I've done some jobs that involved labor (not quite as bad as the worst of the worst though), and I can say teaching is most definitely higher up there than you'd think! It's a lot more physically tiring than almost any other white collar job at least. Any job where you socialize, stand and talk for ~8 hours a day is strenuous, yea (over cubicle whoring). You don't know what teaching involves lol Don't feel bad, most people share your view.
I wasn't being sarcastic...
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On May 16 2009 13:17 fanatacist wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2009 10:49 micronesia wrote:On May 16 2009 10:03 fanatacist wrote:On May 16 2009 07:18 micronesia wrote:On May 16 2009 07:14 fanatacist wrote:On May 16 2009 01:27 micronesia wrote:On May 16 2009 00:12 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 23:26 micronesia wrote:On May 15 2009 20:30 fanatacist wrote:On May 15 2009 12:33 micronesia wrote:
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Well some jobs take more out of you than others, so comparing raw number of vacation days may not be fair (apples and oranges). True. But the thing with shitty jobs is those usually have fewer vacation days as well, because blue collar jobs are an absolute necessity and the condition of the workers is often ignored. They may not be as mentally/psychologically taxing (to me at least) as I imagine teaching would, but it's hard to ignore physical exhaustion and overtime hours, and teachers have looong breaks, weekends, and holidays when all they really have to do is grade homework/tests or make up new assignments from the comfort of their home. Who brought teaching into this? Well... you I guess. Also, while I agree with many of your points about blue collar jobs, I think your generalizations about teaching aren't quite accurate. Teaching just isn't what you think it is until you do it. It was just an arbitrary example of a job that has a lot of vacation days but is mentally taxing (you are tired after a day of work even though you physically don't do much). It is generally unfair to say that teachers physically don't do much. I'll agree the physical burden of a teacher is low compared to many hands-on jobs, but I think most people think that being a teacher isn't physically tiring, which is wrong (unless you are some lazy teacher who sits at your desk in front of the room all day, but most teachers aren't like that). Relatively speaking it's easy. If a laborer becomes a teacher the physical load would be negligible, not so vice versa. You are right, but I've done some jobs that involved labor (not quite as bad as the worst of the worst though), and I can say teaching is most definitely higher up there than you'd think! It's a lot more physically tiring than almost any other white collar job at least. Any job where you socialize, stand and talk for ~8 hours a day is strenuous, yea (over cubicle whoring). You don't know what teaching involves lol Don't feel bad, most people share your view. I wasn't being sarcastic...
oh lol kudos
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