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There is no way you can tell me that your job, with all the benefits you have and the pay you receive, is not as good a job as a person who works at WalMart. No way!
You need to come off your NEA brainwashing mentality that teachers have it so bad our country in terms of pay, benefits, and the amount of work they are required to put into their job. Cry me a river!
I for one am getting sick and tired of so many teachers who whine, cry and bellyache, because they want more and more money. They cry that they have to work so many long hours, without little rest and relaxation. Then their weekends are filled with many hours of work. These are the teachers who complain that the reason for the poor results coming out of the public schools, is because the government is not throwing enough money their way.
You, my friend, need to get out into the real world, and work for a private sector job, like a job at WalMart that you seem to admire, and then maybe you will understand who really has it better. And then maybe you will appreciate the benefits you have, the vacation given you throughout the year, and in the summer months, and finally the pay you get for the amount of work you are required to do.
I say it again you are the one who has it better than the WalMart employee!
PS: I still cannot believe you are comparing your job to the average worker at WalMart, looking at the pay, benefits, and work, and coming up with the conclusion they have it better than you. And you call yourself a teacher?

If you could read I think you would see that the comment was about the number of hours worked, not wages, or benefits.
Teachers do put in very long hours on many days. Much of their work is done at home preparing for the next day's lessons and grading papers.
It seems to be an article of faith on FR that teachers are all lazy bums. Such a belief is as valid as saying that all who post on FR know what they are talking about.

So all the work for my 2 BA's my MBA my teaching certification, the 3 large investments I'm involved and the other sacrifices I have made mean nothing to you because you are so easily blinded by liberal propaganda.

I have to be creative to put together what I have, period. I had to leave behind easy choices. One easy choice would have been to get a job at a place like Wal Mart. But you can't see it.

I teach and own. I juggle two. I mapped, I planned, I have.

Geez, rawhide, I think you need to lighten up a bit.

I didn't perceive Porterville's comments as whining, just stating facts.

My father was a high school teacher throughout his career, having retired quite a few years ago. My dad worked his rear-end off during the school year pretty much 24/7, grading, planning, etc. He cared about his students and it showed. There are some that still call on him today they admired him so much.

I learned from him that being a teacher is tough, but rewarding.

There's no clock to punch in and out and you can just forget your day, not if you care about your students. You're pretty much on the job all of the time.

That said, he and my mother are staunch conservatives, as am I. He'd probably get in trouble today for his non-PC attitude regarding swearing and other offensive behavior. He did earn their respect, which would be no easy job in today's culture.