Teacher columnist receives final layoff notice
May 19, 2010 Filed in: Unions
Carol Veravanich, The Orange County Register
I am responding to your
writer who "wonders how they [those who criticize teachers] would
do spending one week in the classroom." I taught for nine years
then moved to the private sector, where I worked for the next 28
years. I mean no disrespect when I state that teaching is far
easier. I also wonder: Do educators really understand how their
benefits compare to the private sector? We could start with tenure
and continue with health benefits, vacation and sick pay, and
contracted work days. Perhaps you should dedicate a column to this
subject…