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Old 07-30-2013, 10:16 PM
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Default Oh my, oh my

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Originally Posted by njbchbum View Post
i thought teachers were salaried whereas police were hourly. teachers only have to work 180 days per year, police maybe 250? at what grade level do you think teachers start working night/weekends? and what teacher works during the summer who is not paid for it?
My daughter is a 6th grade teacher with 5 years experience. She works many extra hours during the school year and the summer (including yesterday and today). The only pay she received was a couple days when she taught a course to others in her grade level within the district ( she was chosen for this task because of her skills and knowledge learned in her Masters program). I once thought of teachers having 3 months off during the summer. I now know better. There may be a few teachers who work minimal hours, but my daughter and her peers put more into a job that most of us could not do. She deals with kids who come from broken homes, low incomes, parents who have drug problems, etc, etc.

A proud parent of a GREAT Teacher.