Excessive teaching time encourages companies to view us as disposable as it gives us no or little control over our lessons. It also encourages prepackaged lessons which give teachers little flexibility in teaching students according to their needs. Teachers should be able, through training and proper preparation time, to teach lessons which meet their students needs. As teachers we take pride in our work. We should have the proper resources so we can do our jobs well.
Students pay for preparation time as a part of their fees.
Most students would be shocked if they knew how little preparation time teachers actually have. Companies are not being honest with students regarding how much prep time teachers have. Companies should either explain that teachers do not have proper preparation time or should introduce it immediately. It's time for teachers to ask for an appropriate amount of daily paid time to plan our lessons. I'm a part-time teacher.