"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 10 Aug 2016 13:26:23 +0100, Janet > wrote:
>
>> In article >, gravesend10
>> @verizon.net says...
>> >
>> > Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> > >Julie Bove wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> My friend in TX works for a good restaurant, but... They frequently
>> > >> have
>> > >> her doing the catering stuff instead of working in the actual
>> > >> restaurant
>> > >> and she gets no tips for that.
>> > >>
>> > >> Don't the teachers where you are have to go to school during the
>> > >> summer?
>> > >> Here they do. Perhaps not every year but every so often.
>> > >
>> > >Some do. More education = more money.
>> >
>> > Here the school district won't hire a teacher with just a BA in
>> > education, without a Masters no interview. Many of the teachers here
>> > opt to teach summer school. Many go to school at night and work
>> > towards another degree. Teachers work a short day and have lots of
>> > time off, they have plenty of time to take classes.
>>
>> <snort> short day?
>>
>> Pupils here work a short school day. Teachers here work a long day,
>> setting out their room before the first class, marking pupils work,
>> keeping records, preparing material for the next day.
>>
> He's out of touch with reality.

I suppose it depends on what they are teaching and where. I know people who
have taught a single class per day at the community college. I guess you
could call that a short day but it's not enough to live off of.