>it's not going to make up for the 12+ hour workdays they'll have spent most of their adult life dealing with. I know several teachers and I don't know a singl

>it's not going to make up for the 12+ hour workdays they'll have spent most of their adult life dealing with. I know several teachers and I don't know a single one, (except for coaches who get paid to work longer), that works anywhere near 12 hour days on average--not even close. A quick google search backs me up. This study by the BLS shows that on average they work around 40 hours per week when they work (this includes time working at home). [1] Furthermore, teachers only work 190 days out of the year, so they end up working far less on average than other professionals. [1] http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/03/art4full.pdf http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/03/art4full.pdf