A young teacher still getting their masters and fighting for tenure will probably put in some work, yes. Young people in any profession will try to get out ahea

A young teacher still getting their masters and fighting for tenure will probably put in some work, yes. Young people in any profession will try to get out ahead of their peers early on. The idea that most teachers are attending conferences or blogging about teaching all summer is odd though. I come from a family of teachers. My mother started teaching later in life, got her Masters and was hustling when I was a teenager. After a decade teaching, I don't think she spends even a minute thinking about school during the summer. My dad is now retired and has probably the best sort of pension imaginable in this country. Certainly nothing like that safety net will ever exist for me. I can't really compare his experience though because it was a different generation of teachers. He was very involved with his union too. Teaching just seems like a varied profession based on where you are. I hear and believe the talk about teachers being undervalued, underpaid, overworked etc. But my family has done very well for themselves back in NY, with a lot less uncertainty than a lot of other professions.