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You... do realize most teachers actually do more work than their on-job workhours, right?

Bullshit. At most they spend a little time getting supplies at the teacher supply store during their off hours. I don't know about every district, but the one whom with the educators I have interacted with tell me they allow teachers two hours a week of on-duty hours for supply runs. Lesson plans? You get an hour out of each day for that purpose. Football games and the like where you are required to attend? Comp time.

You... do realize most teachers don't get paid for the time they're not teaching, right?

Bullshit. Most teachers are on a yearly salary. $30000 a year is for the full year. Most have an option of having that divided into paychecks through out the school year, none in the summer, and dividing it up over the entire year. So if you are not working the 3 months of summer vacation, you still get a paycheck every payday. The week off for xmas? Paid. The week off for Tgiving? Paid.

So... yeah, four years of college education to get paid for, as you say, 6 hour days for 38 week a year.
Where most of the work you have to deal with must be done outside of regular school hours so you can trudge to work less than most people with regular 9 to 5 jobs to teach a group of snotty unappreciative children so they can earn more money working at a factory as a high school or college dropout.

Again I call bullshit. Most of the work you deal with is NOT outside normal buisness hours. Any required duties after hours are compensated thru comp. time. Snotty unappreciative customers? Oh waaaa waaaa waaaa... I'd bet a dime to a box of doughnuts most people will claim the work they do is for some "snotty, unappreciative" person.

Work at a factory for more money? Really? Please hook me up with this factory you speak of that will hire a high school drop out for $34 an hour and all the paid for bennys afforded to our teachers plus a paid 3 month yearly vacation.

I once had a job that paid more actual dollars on the check than these educators and I have no college education. However my paid vacation time was 30 days and that had to be broken down into 3 increments. Can't take it all at once. Xmas? nope, gotta work. Tgiving? Nope, gotta work. Also I had to live in the desert of Iraq and work in war conditions to get it, for a minimum of 84 hours a week, minimum. Most weeks were around 120 hours for that fixed salary. Oh, and no free health club memberships, no employer paid health insurance or life insurance. The only extra freebie provided was 60mm mortor shells dropped around you while performing your duties.

I call bullshit as I maintain any 'high school drop out' who pulls in more than a teacher is working for it. Either by major hours put in or because it is a highly dangerous life threating work.

I would agree with your 'punch in the face' suggestion but only when they are on the T.V. or in a picket line crying and whining that they don't get paid enough and want more money.