Some athletes make millions of dollars a year. Even the lesser stars make hundreds of thousands.
In some sports, the better players, the ones considered the stars, average less than 30 minutes of action per game. They get time off in the off-season.
And yet, as a teacher, I’m the one who gets criticized as a lazy employee who works six hours a day and gets my summer off.
Let us take some time to analyze the situation.
First of all, I rarely see a teacher who shows up at 9:00 and goes home at 3:00. Many a good teacher appears in the classroom to prepare for the day by 8:00 and goes home by 4:00 or later. Yes, like every other profession, there are inept teachers who aren’t as dedicated as the good ones but they are few.
In fact, some of us even do marking at home in the evenings and on the weekends. God forbid!
Athletes continue training and honing their skills in the off-season but so do many teachers who take the time for Additional Qualification courses.
“Well that’s your choice,” commented the man who cuts my hair, suggesting that most of us slack off in the summer. He said he wished he was a teacher so he could have his summers off. I don’t know why; seems to love his job.
Let me stress, I didn’t become a teacher to get summers off and I doubt there are any who did.
So a baseball player punches another player in the face and gets suspended for eight days. I’d be lucky to still have a job if I did this to another teacher.
And what about those guys who have ended the careers of other players through the use of violence in the sport? Do they get the same jail time as people on the street who inflict the same brand of aggression?
Yet, people attend sports venues in the thousands and cheer these people on.
And teachers continue to get criticized by the occasional parent who believes we’re being unfair to their child.
Surely, people must see the imbalance.
In some sports, the better players, the ones considered the stars, average less than 30 minutes of action per game. They get time off in the off-season.
And yet, as a teacher, I’m the one who gets criticized as a lazy employee who works six hours a day and gets my summer off.
Let us take some time to analyze the situation.
First of all, I rarely see a teacher who shows up at 9:00 and goes home at 3:00. Many a good teacher appears in the classroom to prepare for the day by 8:00 and goes home by 4:00 or later. Yes, like every other profession, there are inept teachers who aren’t as dedicated as the good ones but they are few.
In fact, some of us even do marking at home in the evenings and on the weekends. God forbid!
Athletes continue training and honing their skills in the off-season but so do many teachers who take the time for Additional Qualification courses.
“Well that’s your choice,” commented the man who cuts my hair, suggesting that most of us slack off in the summer. He said he wished he was a teacher so he could have his summers off. I don’t know why; seems to love his job.
Let me stress, I didn’t become a teacher to get summers off and I doubt there are any who did.
So a baseball player punches another player in the face and gets suspended for eight days. I’d be lucky to still have a job if I did this to another teacher.
And what about those guys who have ended the careers of other players through the use of violence in the sport? Do they get the same jail time as people on the street who inflict the same brand of aggression?
Yet, people attend sports venues in the thousands and cheer these people on.
And teachers continue to get criticized by the occasional parent who believes we’re being unfair to their child.
Surely, people must see the imbalance.