On Feb 27, 4:18*pm, George > wrote:
> On 2/27/2010 2:51 PM, sf wrote:> On Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:34:37 -0500, >
> > wrote:
>
> >> The union contract requires that there be a minimum of two teachers at
> >> any event and they must get at least $150/each. That includes fund
> >> raisers, sports etc.
>
> > It's work. *You don't work for free, why should teachers?
>
> Of course not. But that is what distinguishes a professional from an
> hourly worker. Professionals get a salary and do whatever their employer
> requires. Can't have it both ways.

George,

Here in California, if a teacher takes home tests to grade, comes back
late from a field trip, you name it, they are not paid extra. They
are on salary. But if a teacher leaves ten minutes early because
their child is sick, they are docked. They are then paid hourly.

So things can be had both ways. But in the teachers' case, it's the
school district that has it both ways.

A teacher's job is not hell, but they are treated with a great deal of
disrespect.

Ken