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But you hate when people snore...so I have my tent just in case >.>;

um.... more days off, but work longer hours.
I usually work about 60 hours a week doing paperwork and the actual job. But it's salary so I'm only getting paid for 40 of it. An hourly job is paid by the hour, and anything above 40 per week is paid time and a half usually in overtime. It's a lot easier to say "I can't work for these days when you write the schedule."
You're going to be disappointed if you get a salary job and realize you're going to be working hours unpaid because you need to complete things in a timely fashion. You might get paid less than me from a 40 hour week to a 40 hour week. but those extra hours that I work do start to cut down what I'd be making per hour.

I don't think you get it. You can't be scheduled to work more then 40, that doesn't mean you aren't going to have to work more than 40. I happen to work in a school, I work the same hours as the teachers. probably a little less since I deal with less students. My mother is a college professor and probably works close to 65-70 hours a week. That's from grading papers, and writing homework assignments.

Working in a school is not as simple as working when the students are there. Most high schools are what, about 7 and a half hours for the students per weekday? Most teachers are in the building for another hour or two. and anything that they haven't finished they take home to grade/write out lesson plans.

It's not working for longer than 40 hours, because the time over the 40 hours is the time spent preparing for the next few days, or even the next semester. That time isn't included in the salary. There's a required maximum amount of scheduled hours that someone can have. that's not usually the amount of hours someone works unless they're hourly.

I suppose I could simplify it to:
Law = 40 hours good. 40+ hours bad.
Hourly wages = 40 hours good, 40+ hours not scheduled
salary wages = 40 hours expected, 50+ hours of work.


Overtime:
Law = no, bad.
Hourly wages = a lot of work, but pays well.
Salary wages = you don't get paid for it, do it anyways.

Oh, I know. I've had plenty of teachers who used that exact method. But the people I talk to about having students grade the papers say it should be every single assignment. Basically, the teacher shouldn't even worry about grading, because the students should do it all.

Ok I get it. I'm sure my brother Blaine is going to spend a few more hours after a few days a week to make tests and grade papers. BUt not sure what he is going to do or how he is going to grade them, we'll see soon since he got a job at Gadsden High School in Anthony, NM since they need two math teachers so they really need them now so they hired him. They already started school there Aug 1 and they have like 3 math classes with like over 40 students in them. OMG!!!!

Uh...nah. What I meant is that out of the current math teachers at that high school, 3 of them have to deal with having over 40 students in their classes. Which is why they need 2 math teachers to take off the load.

That's too much. 40... O.O When I was in high school, most of the classrooms only had like 27 seats.