re: Teacher Salaries in Louisiana

I am a teacher that also coaches. I have been doing this for 23 years now. I love my job and I won't bitch about my pay. I knew the shortcomings of the profession going in. I work every summer and "in season" with the sport I coach, I average 15-18 hour days. However, I choose to do that. As for grading papers, high school and junior high English teachers (and middle school teachers to a degree) really put in quite a few hours at home. However, that was their choice. On a final note, in spite of loving my job, there is absolutely no way I would ever recommend teaching as a profession to a young person considering it. The politicians on both sides have gotten involved to the point where they are really doing much more harm than good. Just my .02.