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The fact is that none of us can make the across-the-board comment that any profession is free of freeloaders. We all know of lawyers, teachers, businesspeople, etc. who do not put in the hours necessary to do a good job or to rightfully earn their paycheck. There are good and bad examples in every profession.
KDDANI, I can see where you're coming from in that there are some teachers who simply collect a paycheck. I think most of us had teachers or knew of teachers along the way who were like that.
There were also many of us who have been lucky enough to have teachers (or parents, uncles/aunts, grandparents who were teachers) who spent long hours doing their job and helping their students.
Also...not to nitpick, but even lower-grade teachers can have a lot of work to do outside of the classroom. Correcting papers may be a small part of it, but it lesson planning for a group of younger children is a challenge. You not only have to hold their attention (which can be a full-time job in itself), but also develop a plan that will give them a solid base of knowledge. You're introducting previously foreign concepts to them, concepts that will serve as the foundation of their education from that point onward.
I think everyone on here has made good points; we just have to realize that there are other sides to the story.
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