re: Please remember to pray for the teachers.

I am going to put this out there but am unsure if my math is tight so correct me as needed.

Time off:

2 weeks at Christmas

1 week at Thanksgiving.

1 week at Easter

1 more week total in assorted holidays

12 weeks for summer

This equals 17 weeks per year off. That would mean that there are 35 weeks a year worked. This would equal 165 days. Let's call it 8 hours a day even though many work 6-7 when you take out for lunch or differing schedules.

165 x 8 = 1320 hours worked.

$45,000 a year divided by 1320 hours equals a little over $34 per hour. In addition to this is insurance and retirement.

Is $34 bucks an hour, plus benefits all that bad?

Are education majors unable to find out what teaching pays until after they get a degree? They all seem to act like the pay is such a huge surprise, and disappointment.

As I said earlier, please correct me where I am wrong.