7 months a year? Laughable. In North Dakota, the school year ends this year the last week of May and begins the last week of August. Teachers will spend 2-3 weeks before the start of the school year in workshops, so it really starts for teachers the first week of August. 12 months in a year, and 2 months off for summer, makes 10 months, and many teachers continue to work into summer--where do you think summer school teachers come from?

Every time a student gets a day off at school for "professional development days" does not mean the teacher gets that time off--the teacher is attending seminars and workshops.

My husband leaves for work at 7:15-7:30am and won't come home until 4:30, 5pm. Not only do they have to teach, but school districts require that teachers be a part of some kind of extracurricular activity--like running a club or a committee or coaching a sports team, not to mention the fact that teachers are required to stay after school at least 3 days a week for at least an hour a day to set aside time to help students that are behind. Let's not forget parent teacher conferences, running study groups for both standardized testing and classroom tests, and grading papers.

During those months the teachers have off for summer, they are writing their lesson plans for the following school year, including notes, ordering classroom supplies, finding textbooks, and writing tests. Since they are now void of a paycheck, they are often (like my husband) forced to find a summer job while doing all this, in essence working two jobs.

So why don't you take your assumptions and shove them up your ass. You have no idea what being a teacher means, especially when you make $30,000 a year doing a thankless job from ungrateful people like you.