Capt. JG wrote:
I don't know about other states, and I'm not that plugged into the teaching
scene here in California. I believe there's a union, but who knows, but do I
have a couple of friends who teach in Grade School. They don't get much
money for the large number of students they deal with every day. The schools
(at least the ones where they teach) go all year. They get some time off,
but not that much. And, whatever time off they get is mitigated by having to
stay late, get there early, grade homework in the evening and on weekends,
and use their own money and time to get all the extras that help make it
worthwhile for their young students. They work exceedingly hard. A simple
google search will reveal that.


Mr SaIls buys new pencils every week...he ahd to buy calculators
(which, of course, disappear)...fortunately our rock collection,
acquired over years of traveling, is under lock and key in a display
case...last school he was at didn't have meter sticks and he was
expected to teach the metric system! He had to convert regular yard
sticks!