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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
Enroll yourself at Plymouth State University, become a state certified teacher, and start teaching your preferred subject at the local public school.
New Hampshire has the most expensive tuition for state universities in all fifty states.
....short hours, vacations, summers off, health insurance and a pension.
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Have you ever lived with a teacher? Just because school gets out at 2:30 doesn't mean it's short hours. For one thing, I have to be there by 7:00 - which is still a 7.5 hour day, just including contracted hours. Then there are meetings with administration, students, parents, and clubs - some contracted, some stipended, but most volunteered. I am lucky to think about leaving by 3:15 - and then it's time to begin grading and preparing the next day's lessons for my 120 students in 3 different courses. I average another 35-40 hours of work a week outside of school. During "vacation" weeks, I often catch up on grading. Those weeks my work might be limited to 15 or 20 hours.
Then there are the required courses that I must take to keep my certification current. Outside the master's degree that is now required within 5 years of beginning my career, I have to take 2-3 courses a year for the next 10-15 years before I can breathe and "coast" to retirement. Those courses, outside of the time it takes to complete the work, have to be paid for by me. Check the graduate tuition rates at your state university system for an idea of how much comes out of my pocket each year.
And as for the summers...well, I work a summer job to help pay for those courses. Lucky for me, it involves me being on the lake. I could make more elsewhere, but I made a tradeoff.
Believe me, nobody is a public school teacher because they can get rich, or because of those "summers off". At least not long.