July 28, 2004
Filling the Golf Void
As a summertime duffer, I do my best to squeeze a round of golf into my day a few times a week. Like most folks, I find the task easier said than done, as family, social, and of course, work obligations always seem to interfere with a tee time I scheduled five days in advance.
Perhaps it’s time for a career change:
(B)esides touring golf pros, the people whose jobs allow them to play the most are teachers. We heard from a veritable homeroom full of them—and they couldn't help gloating over the massive amounts of golf they're able to play because of their limited work schedules. English teacher Dan Bradshaw, 35, the 6-handicapper from Chicago, says he plays four or more times a week, racing to the course after his last class lets out and then arriving home before his wife, Nara, returns from work for the day. "I have it figured out completely!" Bradshaw crows. "I play about 100 rounds a year, if not more. I don't have to work in the summer, for three straight months, not to mention all the national holidays we have off and get paid for."
Now there’s incentive to attend grad school.
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Something tells me you won't be seeing this in any of the NEA's campaign literature. I am sure Mr. Bradshaw works his hardest to get that last period of the day off so he can beat traffic.
I've always wondered why teachers b*tch so much when they work about 180 days a year and get all federal holidays off. Sure, some kids are problems and the onerous state "inclusion" programs can be a pain, but you can teach anywhere and once tenure is made, it's almost impossible to get fired. And, oh yeah, if you teach 6th grade and beyond, you're not in a classroom all day, but probably for 5-6 periods.
Posted by:
at July 29, 2004 10:46 AM
Maybe it's because when I was in high school, I had teachers who stayed up until 2AM several nights every week grading papers and homeworks?
Posted by:
at July 29, 2004 10:52 AM
While I don't doubt the dedication of several teachers to their craft, I also say the benefits ain't so bad.
Like the good ones say, "I can sleep when I am dead...or when June 15th comes around and I get 80 days off unless I decide to teach summer school and get paid extra and leave work by 11am."
Something like that.
Posted by:
at July 29, 2004 04:05 PM
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