Today is the second to last day of state testing. My group of kids is done, but because of our strange schedule, I have my kids for over an hour with nothing to do. That means movie time!

There is a certain charm to my job that is hard to quantify. No, not really. Let me try.

  • I only have to work 10 months out of the year.
  • I technically have a 7.5 hour work day, including lunch.
  • Sometimes I get to watch movies.
  • I get guaranteed raises every year.
  • I’m in a union that lobbies and gets us additional raises every few years.
  • Starting in September I have very good job security.
  • I have the second best retirement system in the state next to PERS.
  • I work with kids every day who do stupid things and keep me from taking things too seriously.

    • Granted there are negatives, but the positives far outway them. I heard a kid call up Larry Elder yesterday and complained that his mom, a teacher, didn’t get paid enough. Elder pointed out that if teachers aren’t fairly compensated, then they’d have a hard time filling positions, but they don’t.

    If I was working in the private sector I would be working longer hours, get two weeks of vacation, and there is no way I could pursue writing a book. Regardless of all the hoops I have to jump through and the occasional bad apple, this is my dream job.