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Originally posted by AKA2D '91
If you think about it, we are not underpaid. We ONLY work 180 days out of the year. We have PAID holidays (Labor Day, Thanksgiving (an ENTIRE week), Christmas, Spring Break (maybe Mardi Gras  ). THEN 10 sick days that carry over to the next year. (If I had perfect attendance for the 7 years I've worked, I WOULD have 70 days available.)  Shucks, that means I could almost take an entire semester off without affecting my check.
So, basically, we get paid for the time we put in. Do the math. LOL
Oh, I forgot, if you want the option, you get paid during the ENTIRE summer break. 
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Thank you for admitting that! I know teachers have a hard, thankless job, but like I told one of my friends, if you wanna make what I make, work the hours/days that I work, other wise, shut up and enjoy all that vacation time! And don't give me that mess about grading papers, etc. I can't tell you how many times I take work home too! Exhale!!
From the daughter of 2 teachers:
You might be a teacher if...
You say "Hi sweetie, how have you been?" to every child that smiles at you in a public place because you realize they are probably a former student and you just don't remember their names!
You could win half of those little contests on "Let's Make a Deal" with the contents of your purse (toy guns, cars, dolls, gum, etc. that you took from a student, glue, scissors, construction paper, pipe cleaners, etc. could be found in my mother's purse on a regular basis.)
(this is for the old school teachers) All of your clothing has chalk on it
You dread the first day of school because you are going to have to learn 20 new names that only have about 6 vowels between them.
You have enough "I love Teaching", "World's Greatest Teacher" etc. mugs, earrings, potholders, pens, etc. to stock a chain of Dollar Stores.
You call other adults by their last name (does anyone else do this? My mother and her teacher friends never call each other by their first names because they don't want to "slip" in front of the kids)