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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a teacher, and I find public school teachers' participation in this event to be ironic. This is because public schools are probably one of the only employers that DO pay men and women the same salaries. Those salaries are publicly posted information. 
Please, ladies, find a better way to channel your time and energy than this. Your absence will simply make all teachers look bad.[/quote]

[b]Anyone can do your job[/b]. Most professionals would do a much better job, but they chose better careers. You chose to have summer off, so you don't deserve to be well compensated. You only work from 8am to 3 pm. You have all holidays off. Male teachers make less ( or the same as female teachers) because they are doing women's work. If they would nut up and find a real job, they would make more. Take the day, don't take the day. There are 1,000's of stay at Mommies that can hand out work sheets that day. 
It's ridiculous to think teachers and care givers are on par with doctors and lawyers. [/quote]

This may be the most arrogant post I have ever read.  I was a teacher.  After some years and a move because of my husband, I went into a professional office job.  Longer hours. Less stress.  And, sure, I missed the "summers off"--but the duty free lunch hour made up for that.  And, if I had an appointment or a workman coming to the house, I could take a half day off without the need for preparing lesson plans and going back to straighten out the mess a sub had made.  (Not that all subs  make messes, but many do.)  And, if I had a family event to attend in another city, I could go without guilt.  If I needed to tend to needs in the restroom, I could get up from my desk and go any time I pleased.  (Think about that. Most people don't.)

Did I miss teaching?  Yes.  I missed the satisfaction of knowing that I had helped kids succeed.  There is nothing like comparing papers from the end of the year to those the kids did at the beginning and seeing just how far they had come.  Sharing those papers with them and showing them their success was quite fulfilling.

Believe me, not "anyone" can do a teacher's job.  And, no, most professionals would not do a much better job.  And, no, you did not choose a "better" career--you have chosen a career that likely pays better.  Teachers do deserve to be well compensated, but, it is true that they get two months off in the summer.  However, they don't get to choose which two months off--the system chooses for them.  Very likely, you get to take your vacation when you wish.  In today's world, lots of jobs give more time off than they did long ago.  I bet you may even have the option of working from home--teachers only work from home after they have spent a day at school.
And, FWIW, it sounds like that you not only resent teachers but also those "1000 stay at home Mommies" .  Get a grip.[/quote]

The best and the brightest don't become teachers. [/quote]

I switched careers to have vacations with my children and work shorter hours. I work longer than 8-3 as some posters are suggesting but my hours and days do not compare to my old job or to DH. I choose this realizing it would be less pay. No one forced me to become a teacher. It was a compromise to quitting work all together and becoming a SAHM.  Teachers need to stop whining. They can go back to school and change careers if they want to be paid more. [/quote]

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