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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher. Where to begin?

I don't have summers off and I don't work "9 months a year" - I have from around late June-mid August "off" from school but typically I'm working summer programs at school and/or another job. Last summer I had 1 week off.

I don't get paid summers off, though in most school districts I can choose to spread out my yearly salary over 12 months instead of 10 that way there is not a 2 month "void".

I don't get "too much vacation time". I get Christmas, Thanksgiving, Spring break. Fixed dates. When your kids are off for teacher inservice days that does not mean I am "off" - I'm working.

I don't work 6 hours a day - I'm at work by 7:15 and I leave by 4 if I'm lucky. I often spend an additional few hours getting work done at home, and spend quite a bit of time on the weekends planning lessons, planning for meetings, or buying supplies.

I don't get a salary of 60K+ a year.

I'm not perfect. I may forget the spelling or definition of a word, I may make a mistake in a math problem, and I may make typos or errors. That doesn't mean I'm not qualified as a teacher. When I make a mistake I admit it and work through it - it's good to model that for the kids.

I'm not uneducated. I have a BA and an MA and I'm required to complete a certain number of credits yearly to maintain my certification. I also had to take 7 standardized tests for licensing. Some teachers go on to get their Ph.D - I have not.

Teaching is not easy. If you are doing it right and doing your job it should be very difficult and challenging. [/quote]

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