Teachers don't have it nearly as bad as they claim. They are by far the biggest whiners in this country. No other Profession bitches as much as they do. All Weekends off,Several Weeks of Holiday time off,and entire Summers off. Yea they have it so bad. No other Professions in this country enjoy the kind of perks Teachers enjoy. Yet Teachers do the most complaining. I and many other Americans are just sick of all their whining. You don't like being a Teacher? Then get the **** out and go find something else to do for a living. No one wants to hear more endless bitching.
And trust me,many other American Workers have it much worse than Teachers do. Many would kill for all Weekends off,Numerous Weeks of Holiday Time off,and entire Summers off. Unions and Democrats have encouraged this Entitlement attitude on the part of Teachers. But most other Americans are completely sick of listening to Teachers whining about everything. They actually have it pretty good. Now it's time for them to just shut up and do their jobs. Enough is enough for God's sake.
Heck not even the teachers in Wisconsin have it bad, in fact they have it much much better than CA teachers and their ultra powerful unions!
Benefits in General:
(1) Average WS teacher salary $55K (not bad at all)
(2) Luxurative Pension Plan - Less than 1% of private sector employees have a pension plan.
(3) Weekends, nights, holidays (a lot more than private sector workers), winter and spring vacation. They also get summers off, but still get paid and can easily find temp work in tutoring or summer school.
(4) Even with now contributing to their healthcare and pension plans, the amounts are far less than what private employees contribute to their healthcare and individual retirement plans (401K).
(5) Tenure - This communist policy makes it nearly impossible to fire teachers. Must be nice.
Benefits over CA Teachers:
(1) Lower income and sales tax in WS than CA. Meaning they keep more of their money.
(2) Lower property costs. $55K can provide for a family in WS, but not even close in CA!
(3) Lower cost of living. WS has a lower cost of living in general, CA one of the highest!
(4) Smaller class rooms and less children who can't speak English in WS.
(5) WS teachers now have the choice of not having their wages stolen by their union!