Fun Fact: 6% of Scientists are Republican

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I never said democracy needed them, I said the people in the democracy who vote for them evidently want them.

Or it could be evidence that they want the other choices to not be elected.

Oh yeah, working 6 hour days for 38 weeks a year is just murder huh?

Largely correct... but they also have the time sink of grading papers and setting up for classes to consider. Time spent and stress added then depends on difficulty of the subject matter and amount of homework that one must give out.

Dealing with children, teenagers, and/or students those shortish days is certainly not fun.

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Maybe we should pass a law to get them a weekly punch to the face for their trouble.

It's an idea! ^_^

Some of my teachers throughout school certainly could have used one

The teachers that were actually effective and enjoyed the job should be spared, if only because i like (or at least respect) them