Not too shabby for a job with a 3 month vacation every year.
Compare that to a truck driver who might make $65,000 but only gets home for 18 to 24 hours every 3 weeks or more.
Everybody makes their choices. BTW after 17 years of teaching I don't make any where near that amount. But my wife and I decided we wanted to live in a rural area where the salaries are lower, but the quality of life is much better. This is the choice we made and I am not envious of others at all.
BTW that 3 months off is a myth. I spent 3 weeks as Assistant Principal for summer school and then 2 weeks taking a class so that my students could get dual enrollment credit at the local Community College. Most of my peers work summer jobs as well.
Everybody makes their choices. BTW after 17 years of teaching I don't make any where near that amount. But my wife and I decided we wanted to live in a rural area where the salaries are lower, but the quality of life is much better. This is the choice we made and I am not envious of others at all.
BTW that 3 months off is a myth. I spent 3 weeks as Assistant Principal for summer school and then 2 weeks taking a class so that my students could get dual enrollment credit at the local Community College. Most of my peers work summer jobs as well.
Do you really expect intelligent people to buy into your comparison of teachers and truck drivers?? Truck drivers are not even required by states to have a high school diploma much less any college, college degree or teaching credential. Truck drivers chose to take jobs where they are gone from home for long periods they are not forced to take these jobs any more than teachers are forced to take teaching jobs in china. Yes there is a high demand for foreign English teachers in china.
Next do you expect us to believe truck drivers have as much responsibility as teachers. You might be able to point out the very rare exception to this but it is not the rule for the massive majority of truck drivers.
Are truck drivers required by the state issuing the license to take several extensive state administrated tests to demonstrate their knowledge of Math, English, History, and an assortment of other subjects? Are truck drivers required by the states to go through two semesters of "student truck driving," under the supervision of two qualified professionals? No they are not.
Three months off in the summer? Again the facts and truth do not support this statement. Teachers are lucky to have 10 weeks off, it is usually more like 8 of 9 weeks. Many teachers use this "off time" to complete ongoing required continuing ed classes. I guess you just didn't know about those requirements.
This is an invalid comparison only bought into by people who are truly ignorant of what it takes to become a professional educator. You can be a truck driver in about 6 weeks at many truck driving schools. In this state it takes most teachers 5-6 years of college to become a teacher.
This post is a joke. Just watch the personal attacks come out when disinformation and invalid comparisons do not work.
And two weeks at Christmas - a week for spring break- and a bunch of 'work' days... AND the job is six hours a day NOT 8... (yeah I know some teachers put in 50 hours a week, but there's a lot more that stay with 30 to 35 hours a week...
Not to mention they get a lot of time off each year. Teacher I know take another job during those months ... and generous benefits.
Here is one Texas public school schedule.
1/21/2013 MLK Holiday
1/31/2013 Early Release
2/18/2013 Student Holiday/Staff Workday
2/28/2013 Early Release
3/11/2013 - 3/15/2013 Spring Break Week
3/28/2013 Student Holiday/Staff Workday
3/29/2013 Good Friday Holiday
5/9/2013 Elementary Early Release
5/27/2013 Memorial Day Holiday
6/6/2013 Early Release
6/7/2013 Early Release
6/14/2013 - 8/26/2013 Offices Closed - Summer
9/2/2013 Labor Day Holiday
10/14/2013 Holiday
11/25/2013 - 11/29/2013 Thanksgiving Holiday
12/24/2012 - 1/6/2013 Winter Break