Unlike police and fire, teachers don’t get paid more for overtime. Usually teachers don’t get paid for it at all, and when they do, they receive less than their normal rate. This would all be well and good if the job didn’t require many hours of overtime.

Sure, it could be worse. She could be out of a job – many teachers will be. This is the first year in her teaching career where she hasn’t had a real chance of getting laid off. I wonder why so many teachers switch to other careers?

In the meantime, I hear Wall Street bankers are having a wonderful year. So are the arms manufacturers.