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[quote=Anonymous]Teaching offers some flexibility.  Yes, you can leave your building occasionally at 3:30 to take a kid to an ortho appointment at 4:30 p.m.  No you cannot leave or go visit your child's play or performance or field trip without taking a sick day.  You will get lots of sick days and you will need them because of your own kids and because your students will spread their illnesses with you  often.

You will work much longer hours than 9-6.  That's only 45 hours a week!!  First few years of teaching?  70-80 hours a week and you'll cry a lot.  But, after the first few years, if you stay in the same school and your admin doesn't switch your grade, you'll be able to get it down to between 50-60.  But, you will get 9 weeks vacation in the summer, 2 at Christmas and 1 in the spring.  You'll need it.

Generally teachers have affordable health benefits but not always.  I do and its a big bonus to our family.  In my state, pensions have changed radically.  I will be able to retire when I'm 56 with 80% of my final salary (which will be 100K so I'm looking at 80K a year for the rest of my life).  New teachers in my state have to work much, much longer for severely reduced benefits, in line with social security (we don't collect SS in my state).

I can't recommend it in terms of happiness, but a decent salary and decent health benefits with good vacation time is nothing to sneeze at.  If you can survive it, it isn't a terrible job.  GL.[/quote]

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