Bent Wookie

Just curious Dess, what do you do?

And for the record, both my parents were teachers growing up. My dad, well, he was a workaholic and he loved his job. There were weeks I only saw him at supper. He would roll in sometime around 5:30 (after leaving before 7am), make himself a rum and pepsi (had to be pepsi), sit down, eat dinner, then head downstairs and work on his lesson plans and marking. He might be done by 8 or 9 or so. He would do that 5 days a week. Summers? Well, of the 8 weeks he always stayed a week later and came in a week eariler. His 'vacation' was then only 6 weeks weeks. During that 6 weeks, I know he would spent some time working on future lesson plans. I would suggest that the vast majority of professional occupations do get a similar amount of time off.

My mom was in a similar boat although taught to younger kids and thus she didn't actually have to 'learn' new material each year.

Fact is Dess, your assumptions are waaay off. Do other professions put in extra time and not get paid? Sure. But you didn't insult them. Your 'facts', based solely on your experiences during your formative school years, show not only little understanding, but your abrasive style and inability to concede that you have no clue what you are talking about has offended a great number of people on this board.