Thread: "The Hardest Job Everynoe Thinks They Can Do"

Originally Posted by Layla_Z

Teachers work many hours past 8:00-3:00. The work many evenings at home and weekends. We have little paid vacation time. I get 2 personal days a year. School breaks are not paid vacation. I pay for much of my insurance and retirement. Untenured teachers have little or no job security. Tenured teachers have job security similar to other professionals. Only someone who had never dealt with student, parents, and adminstrators would call the job "cushy".

Little paid vacation? You get every state and federal holiday paid. You get an entire summer off. Also, tenured teachers have more job security than the average professional.

Originally Posted by evanescence

Little paid vacation? You get every state and federal holiday paid. You get an entire summer off. Also, tenured teachers have more job security than the average professional.

Teacher contracts are for so many days for so many dollars. There are no paid vacations, at least not in California. It may be different in other states.

Besides, most teachers put in more days as well as more hours than called for in the contract.

Originally Posted by Dittohead not!

Teacher contracts are for so many days for so many dollars. There are no paid vacations, at least not in California. It may be different in other states.

Besides, most teachers put in more days as well as more hours than called for in the contract.

Teachers usually get paid for Christmas break, labor day, etc etc... But i guess it does vary according to which state you live in. Thing is, the OP seems to think that being a teacher is almost equal to martyrdom.

Originally Posted by evanescence

Teachers usually get paid for Christmas break, labor day, etc etc... But i guess it does vary according to which state you live in. Thing is, the OP seems to think that being a teacher is almost equal to martyrdom.

Here, teachers are not paid for holidays. So many days, so many dollars, period. Still, it's not a bad job. There are perks. There is the satisfaction of seeing kids grow and develop. There is at least a living wage. There are benefits. There is a good retirement system.

But, it's just not as easy as so many who've never tried it seem to think.

Originally Posted by Dittohead not!

Here, teachers are not paid for holidays. So many days, so many dollars, period. Still, it's not a bad job. There are perks. There is the satisfaction of seeing kids grow and develop. There is at least a living wage. There are benefits. There is a good retirement system.

But, it's just not as easy as so many who've never tried it seem to think.

No, not easy. But not more difficult than other professions, either.

Originally Posted by evanescence

No, not easy. But not more difficult than other professions, either.

I don't know, as I've only had one profession. How many have you had?

My experience would be my father as a high school calculus teacher, and it's not easy. In Texas, there are no unions, holiday's are not paid, and lay-offs are a serious problem these days (6/13 teachers left in the math department of my fathers school as of this year) Cuts are being made every month.

Just last month their administration announced that their pay would not be cut... but their benefits will be, which is already limited. Just the amount of time and effort he puts into the school, staying from 5:30 to 6:30 (tutoring every tuesday, wednesday and thursday), sickens me. As for "all of summer off" he has about a month off, the rest include meetings and departmental development in the new curriculum.

Originally Posted by Dittohead not!

I don't know, as I've only had one profession. How many have you had?

A couple. And i have a close friend who was a teacher, and is now a guidance counselor at a public high school. She works hard, and is good at what she does. Then again, she doesn't expect props for doing her job. There are many professionals who have a difficult job. Nursing is a great example of that.

Originally Posted by evanescence

A couple. And i have a close friend who was a teacher, and is now a guidance counselor at a public high school. She works hard, and is good at what she does. Then again, she doesn't expect props for doing her job. There are many professionals who have a difficult job. Nursing is a great example of that.

Yes, I'm sure nursing is a hard job as well.

I don't expect props for teaching. It's just that when people who have never tried it go on about how easy it is, how much time they have off, how teachers are overpaid, and so on and on it's just a dead giveaway that they don't have a clue what they're talking about.

Originally Posted by Dittohead not!

Yes, I'm sure nursing is a hard job as well.

I don't expect props for teaching. It's just that when people who have never tried it go on about how easy it is, how much time they have off, how teachers are overpaid, and so on and on it's just a dead giveaway that they don't have a clue what they're talking about.

Some teachers are over paid, some aren't. It's not an insult against an entire profession to have that opinion, nor is it ignorant. Not all teachers deserve to get paid well.