being a teacher is a strange combination of good and evil. yin and yang, if you will.
on the one hand, it's a very difficult job. your whole life is wrapped up in teaching. when you're not at school, you're preparing for classes or grading papers (if you're me, primarily preparing for classes), when you're not prepping or grading, you're calling parents or writing up students, when you're not doing that, you're at least thinking about school, reading books that will help you teach whatever subjects there are to teach, etc. and we haven't even mentioned sports yet.
on the other hand, being a teacher is cake. at least in a private school, you practically work for yourself. i mean, there are set hours you obviously need to be in school teaching, but your classroom is your domain. some teachers, of course, take this liberty way too far and slack off in their classes, but even responsible teachers concerned about the learning of the students have a tremendous amount of freedom and flexibility. even beyond the flexibility there are a lot of perks. for instance, for about a half an hour at least most days, i get to go play pick-up basketball games in the gym. and tomorrow, the 7th-12th graders are going to a minor league baseball game for the day and so that is what my whole day will consist of. pretty sweet. then there's the various weeks off (next week is our spring break) and the real kicker - 2 1/2 months off in the summer (although, most teachers have to get a different job during the summer because teachers don't make all that much, and even if they don't get a job, most good teachers spend a lot of time in the summer studying and preparing for the next school year, but that's beside the point). also, in another two weeks i'm going on the senior class trip to disney world. sure i make as much as i'd make working at wendy's and i'm completely uninsured and i have no 401k or retirement package, but hey, it's not all bad.
p.s. poker night is this friday at 7.30pm
on the one hand, it's a very difficult job. your whole life is wrapped up in teaching. when you're not at school, you're preparing for classes or grading papers (if you're me, primarily preparing for classes), when you're not prepping or grading, you're calling parents or writing up students, when you're not doing that, you're at least thinking about school, reading books that will help you teach whatever subjects there are to teach, etc. and we haven't even mentioned sports yet.
on the other hand, being a teacher is cake. at least in a private school, you practically work for yourself. i mean, there are set hours you obviously need to be in school teaching, but your classroom is your domain. some teachers, of course, take this liberty way too far and slack off in their classes, but even responsible teachers concerned about the learning of the students have a tremendous amount of freedom and flexibility. even beyond the flexibility there are a lot of perks. for instance, for about a half an hour at least most days, i get to go play pick-up basketball games in the gym. and tomorrow, the 7th-12th graders are going to a minor league baseball game for the day and so that is what my whole day will consist of. pretty sweet. then there's the various weeks off (next week is our spring break) and the real kicker - 2 1/2 months off in the summer (although, most teachers have to get a different job during the summer because teachers don't make all that much, and even if they don't get a job, most good teachers spend a lot of time in the summer studying and preparing for the next school year, but that's beside the point). also, in another two weeks i'm going on the senior class trip to disney world. sure i make as much as i'd make working at wendy's and i'm completely uninsured and i have no 401k or retirement package, but hey, it's not all bad.
p.s. poker night is this friday at 7.30pm
i am not going to tell you again how stupid it is that you are not insured.
Posted by
Anonymous |
April 19, 2006 10:05 AM
insurance shmurance!
basketball, fun? yep.
basketball w/ little crap heads, fun? nope.
minor league baseball, fun? sure.
minor league baseball w/ little crap heads, fun? nope.
disney world, fun? sure, if you're into corporate beasts.
disney world w/ little crap heads, fun? nope.
lets face it pal, you're job is hard as hell.
Posted by
Anonymous |
April 19, 2006 7:45 PM
spoken like a true canadian
Posted by
Anonymous |
April 25, 2006 2:07 PM