>>YOU try doing what they do for 40 grand a year.<<
I do it for a hug and a kiss.
However, there are some good teachers who are smacked down by their administrators. It's a pity.
And then again my sister is a whiny/ex-Cleveland teacher/flaming lib/with Munchausen Syndrome. They hired and paid her. At 60,000 a year until she went onto disability.
And also one must divide that 40,000 by only 9 months. You do the math, I teach it all day.
Actually, no it's not 9 months. At least for some.
My daughter has 8 weeks off at best. The rest of the summer she is attending meetings, and working on her lessons plans for the year. Not to mention how she stayed after school today, meeting with administrators, to see how they could improve their math program. She does that many days.
As a teacher, I would think you would understand. What grade do you teach?