Flagpole wrote:
While that is technically correct, most people (I was a teacher once upon a time too) consider the salary of a teacher to be a full-time salary. Doesn't really matter if you consider the money to be dished out to you over 9 months or over 12. $40,000 a year or whatever your salary is, is still $40,000 a year.To the OP and others here who don't like teaching secondary school kids. If you can, consider getting more education and teaching at the college level. WAY more students will give you respect at that level, even if you go to a college like Furman University. :)
dontflushwhileyousit wrote:
Sigh. The "vacation" isn't paid. I get 9 paid sick days a year plus a few paid holidays. Don't get paid for summer break or winter break. Wanna read my contract? Do you get paid for the weekends?
Do you actually think $40K/year is a great salary? In Ohio?
To the OP: I teach in a Title 1 school, where we have all sorts of apathy and poverty. It can be depressing to have people tell you that you are not doing a good job when it is the kids who are actually not performing. I will say that despite this, I have not had a bad year of teaching in my almost finished career. It all comes down to your attitude. Do you want your job to suck, or do you want it to not suck. Your attitude will determine which of these occurs.