I’m not getting into a peeing match with anyone on this teacher subject... but.
My SIL makes 90k/year as an elementary teacher. She enjoys 15 weeks of summer along with all the holiday breaks nearly no one in the private sector enjoy. Due to Covid last year, she worked from home. She claimed and I’m certain it was accurate, it was a complete pain in the tail. Yet she was happy to do it again this year for the students who opted to do their studies virtually. It was a big adjustment at first, but name for me one person that has not dealt with adjustments over the last year and a half. I have no doubt there is some money spent to improve the atmosphere and experience for students. I don’t care. I could show an itemized listing of money I have spent charitably every year in our business... it falls on small business to fund every little league sports team, dance, music, not to mention near daily donations for every “benefit event” held for every person fallen on hard times. I know, we need to “give back”... I hear that most often from those who want us to give back to them. I’m not blowing my own horn, just trying to show teachers have a job to do. They are not giving their entire wage for the children... ain’t happening. Just as I am not, although I would put our percentage of “giving back” up against anyone. Teachers are teachers, they are well compensated, especially for the time involved. They are not saints. And before we start in on how much time they are able to spend working in the “off time”, just go talk to some truck driver that spent three days broke down 1000 miles from home and was not compensated a dime for his/her time... and he likely earns substantially less than the teachers he hears whining about their pitiful salary and how he needs to be paying more in taxes so they can better teach his neighbors children.
Everyone thinks their burden is heavier than the next. Personally, I like to think we all have enough to carry, but I’m not crying about mine.
