> my girlfriend is a teacher and I see her working about 40 hours a week, for a 24h job... The thing is, many people in 40-hour-week jobs are doing upwards of

> my girlfriend is a teacher and I see her working about 40 hours a week, for a 24h job... The thing is, many people in 40-hour-week jobs are doing upwards of 60 hours per week. I'd offer that the better paid the job and the more responsibility the job has, the more hours per week are required. Nearly everybody is doing their equivalent of grading papers and doing lesson plans.