*Official I'm a Teacher and Summer is Here*

Sawyer

...I might be poor, but god dammit it is hard to put a price tag on time!

uninnocent-

my girlfriend's a teacher. the summer is in sight for her, but it's not here yet. of course she's also gonna be teaching summer school, so she's not getting too much of a break.

U2DMPJREM

My wife and I both teach in the same district which our kids are in too. It is a blessing to have the summer off together. Looking foward to do some traveling and listening to some great music along the way.

Indifference71

This is the time every year when I regret not being a teacher. It would be pretty nice to have a summer break to have coming up here...

decides2dream

U2DMPJREM wrote:

My wife and I both teach in the same district which our kids are in too. It is a blessing to have the summer off together. Looking foward to do some traveling and listening to some great music along the way.

wow....that is the *ideal*...!
i have a few friends, married, both teachers, and it's awesome for them, but none in the same district.


me, taught 10 years but outside of one summer, i always had a part-time job during the summers to make ends meet as i worked in private schools....so never *quite* had the full advantage of a teaching schedule, but it still was nice to have extra time off. hubby is not a teacher, and it was always difficult for him to get time off in the summer....so yes, it wasn't at all as *greaT* as it could've been.

i am thinking seriously about returning to teaching, tho timing is not great.....seems every field, including teaching, is not immune to all the dire employment issues.

anyhoo.....NICE for you!

luvisatower

i'm a teacher and I am SOOOOOO glad summer is here

i'm not "poor" tho'.
My university makes us take our salary over twelve months instead of 9
our contracts are for 9 months tho' so we are "officially" free to take other paid work during the summer if we choose to whereas we are not allowed to hold other paid positions during the school year.

I like it that way, it's like i'm being paid to be on vacation for 3 1/2 months

i definitely hear you about the time thing.
there's nothing better than realizing it about a week after finals when I switch the page in my day planner and find it EMPTY.
aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh