[sammyg2]

Public school teachers working 10 hours a day, and on weekends and holidays? I gotta call BS on that one. I know lots O'teachers and NONE of them work more that 8 hours ever, except for the varsity football coach, and he only does it during football season. Some of em are home by 3:15 every day except for Fridays, then they are either off or home by noon.

I will concede that it is possible there are a few (as in a handful) out there that might work long hours, but the vast majority are 7 and skate. What really gets me is that they rarely work 5 days a week anymore. Every time I turn around the kids have a day off (convenient for the teachers, eh?) Every single holiday immaginable, at elast one friday off per month and one half day per month, at least a week off in the fall and one in the spring, and at least two weeks off during the holidays, and the entire summer off. That is a part time job. To work that kind of schedule for over $50k a year, not a bad scam but when they threaten to go on strike because the greedy bastards want more, I get pissed.
Then their stupid teamsters (i mean teachers) union is one of the strongest PACs in california. That just isn't right. It isn't about the children, it's about the bank accounts of the teachers. They want to make as much or more than everyone else but are only willing to work half as much for it.


Teachers make a great deal of money per hour. If they want more per year, maybe they should get a full time job like the rest of us instead of going on strike every other year.
If they were worth it I wouldn't mind, but around here they are not so my kids go to private school (even though I still have to pay the salaries of these so called public education professionals.)