3rd and 5th grade? That's quite a load. I didn't know elementary teachers could teach two grades at that level.
Oh trust me, it can be done. Ask any other homeschooling mother. Tons of us teach even more grades!
I don't have a problem with people who get paid to do what I do for free while my tax dollars pay their salaries. I do have a problem with the idea that they have it tougher than anyone else.
I would have died for a flexable eight hour day in my younger years.
And trust me, I know all the "I have it so tough" statements from my own sister. Even she had to admit that 180 days a year is pretty nice.