180 vs 234 avg work days with 7.5hrs vs 10.5 avg hours
that 60k extrapolated out is pretty generous when benefits etc are considered.
I certainly appreciated teaching is different as the parents and kids have changed but so has the teachers. For anyone to say you are burned out by a profession that requires minimal mental exhaustion is somewhat laughable. At the end of the day, the best and brightest do not go into teaching (on average) so perhaps that is the crux of the issue.
a great teacher is worth their weight in gold but it's increasingly difficult to find that great teacher
You speak of mental exhaustion, but maybe we should rephrase to emotional exhaustion. The things we see and deal with take a toll. The situations kids come from/are forced into will rip your heart out.teaching and LE have lists of people to fill any vacant positions
Your second point is false. There are not teachers out there to fill positions. Many districts have had the same openings for years because no one applies. I'm not only a teacher, but on the BOE, so I know exactly who is applying for which positions. We have started going to college job fairs to recruit kids. They aren't coming to us anymore. We have to go get them before they're snatched up.