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Originally Posted by Brewmaster
Being a teacher is like winning the lottery? Not sure if you're serious or just trolling here. Either way, I'll take the bait. Teaching is a good profession but they are not working 3/4 of a typical work day. The hours teachers put in are long and don't end when the students leave.
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Does anybody here have a job that ends when 4:30 comes around? How many of us have email coming to our phones that we're expected to respond to? How many of us stay late, work through breaks, work through lunch, go above and beyond at our job? Teachers aren't unique if they have to work longer than their 8:10 - 2:36 job, including an hour off for lunch and breaks throughout the day in a lot of cases. Plus, a lot of days they don't have to work longer. That's like a six hour day my kids' teachers put in.
Plus I'll tell you when a teacher's job does end...the last day of school before their nine-week break. I don't know anybody that has a professional job that can take off for nine weeks, not have any work pile up while they're gone and not be contacted by the office for the duration of the holiday. In my experience, most people need to be contacted a couple of times while they're on vacation for one week, let alone 9x longer.
Hopefully it doesn't sound like I'm criticizing teachers here. I truly believe it to be one of the best jobs in terms of time off, benefits, pay, and pension in the history of humankind. My wife and I are strongly encouraging our kids to become teachers as I believe it offers the opportunity to have one of the best lives a person can have.