I’m sorry your wife quit and I hope she finds a job she likes. I know many teachers nowadays too. They are friends and neighbors. In my county, teachers get 1

I’m sorry your wife quit and I hope she finds a job she likes. I know many teachers nowadays too. They are friends and neighbors. In my county, teachers get 10 weeks off and they go back a week early to prepare for school. They also have a few days at the end of the year to wrap up. So it’s actually only 8-9 weeks off where they don’t have to think about school. Of course many do. Just like I think about work on my vacation. Pay in my state is $53k/year, slightly over the average salary of $51k. So teachers aren’t paid “so little” in my state. It’s not an amazing salary, but it’s ok. It doesn’t take a “special kind of person” any more than countless other jobs. People fit into jobs and don’t fit into jobs. I don’t doubt that teachers are stressed out, but I don’t know how much more stressed than other professions. Most jobs are stressful. At least teachers don’t have to worry about layoffs and they have a pension and they have summers off. So there’s pros and cons.