[loganwedwards]

While I am not in education, a large portion of my family is. My outside looking in perspective would tend to agree with all of your arguments, but a few counterpoints, I'd like to raise (based on my anecdotal evidence): 1. Teachers do not work 8 hour days. 10-12 hour days can be the norm, especially if extra hours outside of school are needed for student aid or mandatory administrative needs. 2. Teachers do have some administrative burden during the summer months, so technically, some work is done.

I live in South Carolina where many public education teachers make sub $50k.