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Originally Posted by Tom Line
You're nuts! I'm a mechanical engineer for one of the big 3 handling block and head CNC machining and component assembly. In 14 years I want to retire and become a teacher.
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No, you're nuts. I was an engineer for 10 years, then I became a teacher.
I foolishly thought that it would be somewhat easier. Couldn't have been more wrong.
Machines don't have a home life, that may be rife with issues. Machines don't have unique personalities, talk back, have future plans, complain, ask for help, or sing interesting songs.
The typical work week is 40 hours x 50 weeks = 2000 hours/year.
For a teacher, it is ~185 days x 8 hours/day = 1480 hours/year
In reality, a typical day is 9 hours, you come in at 7:00 am and leave at 4:00 pm = 1665 hours/year. There is very little "downtime". Lunch is 30 minutes.
Oh, now I have to go home and assess student work and provide formative feedback = 185 x 2 hours = 370 hours. 1665 + 370 = 2035 hours.
Then there are the summer workshops. I will be attending an AP physics refresher course = 40 hours.
Then, I will be working with my colleagues over the summer to improve the quality of our instruction.
Yes, we have ATTO (All That Time Off) which friends (and my barber) always bring up. "So what are you doing with your free time this summer?"
I haven't even included the work with our Robotics team, for which I gladly mentor. The small stipend that I receive for this is donated to the team through a United Way contribution.
So, you want to "retire" and "become" a teacher. Respond when that happens, and let me know if that is what you consider
Retirement.