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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]8% raises would be insane...especially for a teacher who has summers off and a tremendous amount of vacation days (winter and spring break, holidays).[/quote]

[b]Many of us work over our breaks - planning and grading.  [/b]

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But people in private industry work weekends and way past 8 hours a day. I'm the daughter of a teacher and my mother worked plenty when she wasn't "supposed" to. This argument is weak. It's not like teaching is the only profession that requires overtime.

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fine

I didn't say I'm in this as a competition.  People make choices.

I teach.  Others choose law or medicine or engineering or communications.

I've been on the other side.  I commuted about 2.5 hours each day and worked 9 to 5.    Now my commute is 30 minutes.  My husband is at work in 20 minutes.

Again, we're doing what's best for our family.  But I'm not making $200K on my own.  I have friends who make that much or more.

again, choices

I'm surprised by your attitude, however - considering you're the child of a teacher.  I would think you would have more respect for the profession.  [/quote]

I respect the profession, but nobody likes a whiner.

My MIL is a retired teacher, and she understands that she has a pension and Cadillac health benefits that most of peers do not. She recognizes that she was able to be home for the bus stop pick up and off on summers, while her peers did not. She has never whined about her profession, her pay, or her benefits.

Can you name another profession where people whine as much? I can't. Does the teachers lounge foster such kvetching? [/quote]

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