[quote name='nasum']Wow. So if your salary is your set pay for the year despite hours worked, what's the distinction between any other salaried professional? Ok, so a teacher works ten months but gets paid $40k. Do they make $4k a month for 10 months or $3,333 per month for 12 months? You seem to be locked into this notion that they get paid for punching the clock (and get away with murder by not punching the clock when students aren't in class) despite their salary basis.
False equivalence pal.
Yes, the 1st day of summer vacation, every teacher in the district gets their review. Hundreds of teachers get their 45 second review and go on their merry way! It's a wonderful system!
How many weeks of vacation do you get at your job? Maybe 4? Maybe 6? Guess what, that's a month off! So your slaving away for 12 months is a moot point as it is balanced by vacation days. Do you get sick days too?
Well good on you for not respecting your lady's profession. Take your anecdotal evidence of her going into soap opera and bon-bon mode the day summer vacation starts and contrast it with reality.
Tell me where we exalted teachers as the only stressful job in the world? Are you just making shit up, or are you really that

ing stupid? I'm quite curious.
See above, you don't work 365 days a year either but you get a yearly salary. Break it down however you want. Let's say a diligent birzirk works two saturdays a month, that's still 78 weekend days per year it sits around doing jackshit! Let's lynch it![/QUOTE]
No, I'm really this

ing stupid. It's been a challenge all my life to catch up to the intellectual might of someone like you, and let's face it, unless you become severely brain damaged and spend years in a vegetative state, I'll never have a chance to catch up.
I could go on and list all my work benefits I suppose if you're really curious. Your assumptions are wrong on just about every topic. I also work/volunteer part-time at the local Boys and Girls Club. Not sure if you want me to include my hours. Just let me know. I really want to make sure I please you with a rebuttal.
And I don't respect my wife, mother, and sister's profession, yet I've interviewed once for a teaching job and made it as the #2 candidate, losing out to #1 because the guy had 6 months towards his credential and I didn't have any hours towards it. Principal telling me that he wanted to hire me, but the school board said he had to hire the other guy because of his work towards his credential. You're right. I don't respect the profession, and think they're a bunch of overpaid, lazy a-holes. Damn, you're on fire today. Offer more assumptions about me, this is a real chance for me to grow as a person. Your input is invaluable!
We've been fortunate enough to have my wife stay at home after having our first child, she's 7 months pregnant with #3, and we're hoping by the time that one goes off to school, she can update her certs and start teaching again. I'll call her later today to inform her that a guy on a videogame forum says I don't respect her profession though. I don't think she was aware.
