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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m happy with my salary and[b] am embarrassed when I hear teachers complaining. No one forced them to become teachers[/b]. They knew there was limited salary potential when they became teachers. Teachers complaining should find another job. Anyone thinking teachers have it easy should become a teacher.

You are not correct that I have time to go in late or leave early. I’m after school every day with students and am often correcting papers, emailing parents, going to meetings or completing paperwork outside of work hours. People work late in many professions but please don’t say every teacher has part-time hours. [/quote]

I’ve been a public school educator for almost 30 years, first as an elementary teacher and now a principal. I’m guessing that the complaining you’re hearing is not just about salary alone, but about the lack of respect. I mean, just look at this thread. It started from the cesspool known as Fairfax Underground that relishes in judging hardworking teachers by their salaries.  Teaches are getting trashed left and right. All the teachers I know (and yeah, I know quite a lot) knew they were signing up for a less than stellar salary and hard work. What they did NOT sign up for was the disrespect and the assumption by others (not all) that they are lazy, just want summers off, are phoning it in, and doing something any idiot can do, etc. [/quote]

Maybe that’s it. This is my 20th year teaching and I’ve never been the type of person that is bothered if others do not respect what I do.  I’ve heard disrespectful comments about lawyers, cleaners, people who work in restaurants, doctors, the military, cleaning crews, etc. You will always hear people thinking that some profession is overpaid, has it easy or is for people who could not find employment elsewhere.  I do not need to be validated by anyone else. I like my students and like my coworkers and most parents. [/quote]

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