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Originally Posted by MattyC
I don't recall sitting at home with teachers while they marked work and came up with lesson plans. I'm sure getting through some high school essays/work is pretty painful.
So Pros: Vacation time. Other vacation time. Vacation time. Early days (although my current job in the super-fancy field of investment banking is 7:15-4 or 4:30, so that's probably about the same). Vacation time. General cushyness. Vacation time. Lack of dog/bear haters and lake thumpers. Pisses off snobs who think they work harder. Oh and I almost forgot: teaching/leading the younger generation to actually contribute and hopefully groom some people that can have a good impact on humanity vs making sure people who've never worked for a day in their life get their $60,000/mnth interest payments off of daddy's inheritance (makes me feel sooo good!).
Cons: Dealing with brats. Snobs look down their nose at your vacation time. Maybe vacation time should be in the cons category?
Yeah...I've pretty well made my decision about this. It's just a matter of executing it. Thanks to everyone for the help!
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I don't know anybody who looks down their noses at the vacation time and I don't know who you'd be referring to when you say snobs do. I think people are envious of the time off teachers get and wish the world could still operate in the manner to which we are all accustomed if we could all work 2/3 of a day, 3/4 of the year and still be making $100k per year with a short career and insane pension.
Certainly you can't be referring to me in your response. I'm the biggest advocate for teachers out there and completely support and encourage you to get into teaching.