Reality of Teaching

What most people don't realize is that teachers in NJ make LESS than a garbage collector. I don't hear anyone suggesting that we cancel trash collection and require citizens to deliver their own trash to the landfill. That would be an inconvenience, but a great cost-cutting strategy. I don't hear anyone talking about courtesy busing. Thousands of children are bused to school, regardless of their distance to school. Firing bus drivers would save money, but no one would dare suggest that, either. How about pay-to-play for athletic programs? The schools would cut a large portion of its budget if the voters would approve this measure, but I haven't anyone talking about that, either. Why pick on the teachers? Because they can! I guarantee that anyone who writes an attack piece against teachers does not live with one or has not grown up with one. What they deem to be an easy life with great benefits is actually a day that ends LONG after the kids have left; that begins WAY before the first day of school; and that can be emotionally and physically draining day after day. It's also the most rewarding - and that's why under-paid, under-appreciated, over-qualified teachers continue to accept the criticism and return to work the next day.

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