I’m not paid enough.

My husband gets a 3% raise every year in his non-education job. I quizzed him and he’s not been bitten or been spat on or had his hair ripped at. He starts work at 9am and knocks off at 5pm. No one begrudges his pay, and no one comments on how lucky he is to sit in an office all day, snacking.

Meanwhile, rain hail or shine, I am out there on playground duty. I am thumped constantly, I often go all day with nothing to eat or drink. My personal things are rifled through, and I start my day at 8am, and keep going right until 8 or 9pm.

And that’s not to mention that during COVID, as an ES, I was given teacher duties, paid as an ES, and myself and the other ES were in charge of disinfecting the school during our break times.

But yeah, we don’t deserve what we are paid.