I usually get shouted down when I argue that teachers have a sweet deal - 12 weeks off a year including the whole summer - and they get $100k a year plus benefits and a pension. The teachers always say “but I work outside of school hours to coach basketball and do marking” - as mentioned above, there’s a lot of jobs (including mine) where I work lots outside of regular hours, answer phone calls and emails all the time, and I don’t get nearly as much time off.
I get that dealing with a classroom full of kids (including mine) would suck - but this is the career they chose, so if they didn’t want to do that, they should’ve chosen something else. I’m not saying they’re overpaid, but to suggest they’re underpaid is ridiculous.
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