I know I’ve mentioned several times previously about how little time I feel like I have these days – every minute there are several projects needing attention. And it’s not just me, everyone I talk to feels like their lives have spun a little out of control. Are we all working harder? Trying to pack more in, in less time? What ever happened to simplifying life? Sometimes, I think those pioneer women didn’t have it so bad… washtubs notwithstanding.
The other day, it was brought up in a meeting that my lack of time to devote to RTI meetings was a hindrance to our moving forward. The solution proposed? Offer me more money to spend more time at school… yeah, seriously, that was the genius answer administrators come up with. Give more money to spend more time at school or give more money to those who teach better (determinedly? faster? “intentionally”?). The problem, much like the problem with merit pay, I already stay after school for hours. Without being “paid”, I might add. The money doesn’t matter – unless they start providing housing or screw with the laws of the universe, there is no more time to pay for. There are only 24 hours in the day. I need 8 hours of sleep and 12 for work, which leaves me four hours to raise my kids, do laundry, cook food, clean the floors, and bathe.
Yah, I’m really sorry, but you can’t pay enough to skip bathing.
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