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I take my hat off to all K12 teachers. I am finding it completely amazing what a teacher has to go through during a school year.  

I am a new teacher in a small metropolitan school district. I was part of the computer support staff for the same district off and on for 8 years.  

When I was part of the computer support staff, teachers were described as having the greatest career in the world. They had summers off and only worked 6 hours a day. Teachers constantly complained and always wanted more money.

Now that I am a teacher, it is completely opposite. I am working harder now than I did the 8 years as a computer technician. That