If I read another tweet listing all the work someone has done in their spare time I might scream!
This blog has been brewing for a while. There are a fair few teachers out there on twitter who like to keep up a steady stream of tweets about how much planning, preparation and marking they have done on weekends and in the holidays. You know who you are. For three very good reasons...PLEASE STOP! 1. You are normalising an excessive work load. We all take work home sometimes, or stay late to make sure that the marking is done. What do you want when you let the world know you are doing this - a medal? They don't give those out for doing your job and they certainly don't give them out for letting the world know just how dedicated you are. If you are looking for affirmation, then that comes from the wonderful moments when your learners make significant progress. Tweeted pictures of your marking stack are -frankly- obnoxious and nobody is going to pat you on the back. The teaching profession has already accepted that we cannot do our job properly without using some of our ow...