March Break

I wake up to the morning sun beating down on my face, 'causing me to squint. There's a slight breeze sneaking through my cracked window. I roll onto my back, stretch and finish the roll out of bed. I stumble to the kitchen and try to catch what time it is while rubbing the sleep from my eyes. Wow. 11:00 already. I feel a little bit of guilt for not being as productive as I should be, but only a little. I poor my favourite cereal and plop myself down in front of the TV to watch what's being passed off as cartoons these days. I find Inspector Gadget and settle in. No, it's not the weekend. It's MARCH BREAK!

I'm writing this for the simple, yet emense pleasure to piss off all you suckers who picked a 9 to 5 job that makes you get up 6 days a week while looking forward to the brief vacation you'll get. I write this to annoy all those who foundly remember the weekends, holidays, snow days and, of course, summer vacation. You poor, poor people who have entered the "real world".

You can whine and complain about the time off, the short work days and shorter weeks. I wont deny any of it. I knew full well what I wanted. Hell, I even told them in the interview I wanted to teach so I can watch Saturday morning cartoons. But, you all went to school. All of you know how school works. It's not my fault your teachers did a good job inspiring you to be successfull and you went and got one of those "real life" jobs. The teaching opportunity was there for all of you, you just decided otherwise.

I'm not going to debate teachers' pay, our work load, or the apparent stress--I don't have any stress, I get weekends off. I'm not going to justify, or criticize our time off. You'll never hear me complain about our pay, the kids, or the parents. That said, I could tell you stories that will leave you shaking your heads and questioning whether you should have kids.

Oh, Inspector Gadget, you clown; you'll never catch Dr. Claw!

To those who disagree with the "perks" teachers recieve, there's still time for a career change. Two more years in university would go by fast. Take that pay cut and start working for $38 grand a year. The summer sun misses you!