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This.

insist that our teachers are paid too much.

Well, you know I only work 8 months of the year, and really, my job is just babysitting. And I never ever do any work on the weekends, on vacation days, or over the summer. Ever.

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Dammit, they're onto this technique, there goes my plan to dress up my beagle as a moose.

My daughter's teacher is at school when the kids are allowed to arrive, at 7:15, and we generally run into her when we pick Casper up from afterschool, at 5:15. That's a 10 hour day, even if she weren't taking work home, which I am sure she is. And she teaches first grade.

ETA: She makes $43,700. (Thank you opengeorgia.gov. She has 6 years experience and a master's and was teacher of the year last year.) Her parapro, who is awesome, makes $16K.

Locked my keys in my car this morning, along with my computer. Fucking Tuesday.

I can not speak rationally about those what have the opinion that teachers make too much money for only working 8 months out of the year.

Fucking Tuesday.

All Tino's fault.

Which, I have a student by that name, so everytime we blame him here, I just giggle.

only working 8 months out of the year.

Which cracks me up. Because, even if you discount any work done over the summer, I still work 9.5 months in the classroom each year.

Right, but if you look at it from an hours-per-year POV, then you are still working a shit-ton beyond the average 40 hrs/week office person.

Which, you totally know and I'm preaching to the choir, I just wish people (read: idiots) weren't so adamant about the 12 months thing.

I'm overwhelmed and undercaffeinated. Also, I dumped a third of a cup of coffee into my laptop last week, and the screen is all fucked up. And scholastic rejected Sam.

I have come here to complain at all of you.

BOO!

Sorry Allyson.