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My sister was a special ed teacher. She was well on her way to her PhD when she died. All her adult life she worked 5++ days a week, she had in-service. She had boards, she had to go to seminars, she was licensed.. Every five years she had to be recertified. https://www.education.pa.gov/Educators/ContinuinEd/Act 48 and PERMS/Pages/default.aspx
She worked five days a week or more. She missed soccer games, she missed birthdays, she worked very very hard. She had 60 teachers reporting to her, she went to Pittsburg for a weekend every month for years and years for training. Not only her training but training on training. Training on child abuse, training on special ed as she was originally a special ed teacher and moved up. She made good money. Not GREAT money. People wank about teachers and their salaries, but she worked her butt off and she worked five days a week, or more. She had more paperwork than anyone I have ever known. Grants, IEPs, reviews.
I don't think your your family members are sitting on their butts doing nothing, but I dentists worked 6 days a week when I was a kid and I think doctors, dentists etc should work to assist those who don't/can't get to a dentist within the 4 days week that dentists work.
I would imagine orthodontics is hard, but that doesn't negate the fact that my ortho, my sons ortho worked 4 days a week. Just don't.
Yes debt is very high for the medical profession, my SIL is a pediatric cardiologist, she highly recommended her kids not go into the medical field and they haven't. We all work hard.
My sister had to spend her own money also for her continuing education on weekends, truthfully I think she worked 7 days a week. We all work hard.
I'm glad medical people make a lot of money and can have Mercs and BMWs etc, I just wish teachers could too.
My SIL does free work in Appalahia every 5th week of the year. I hear you.
My sister never had a new car in her whole adult life. Wish she had, she worked very very hard.
She worked five days a week or more. She missed soccer games, she missed birthdays, she worked very very hard. She had 60 teachers reporting to her, she went to Pittsburg for a weekend every month for years and years for training. Not only her training but training on training. Training on child abuse, training on special ed as she was originally a special ed teacher and moved up. She made good money. Not GREAT money. People wank about teachers and their salaries, but she worked her butt off and she worked five days a week, or more. She had more paperwork than anyone I have ever known. Grants, IEPs, reviews.
I don't think your your family members are sitting on their butts doing nothing, but I dentists worked 6 days a week when I was a kid and I think doctors, dentists etc should work to assist those who don't/can't get to a dentist within the 4 days week that dentists work.
I would imagine orthodontics is hard, but that doesn't negate the fact that my ortho, my sons ortho worked 4 days a week. Just don't.
Yes debt is very high for the medical profession, my SIL is a pediatric cardiologist, she highly recommended her kids not go into the medical field and they haven't. We all work hard.
My sister had to spend her own money also for her continuing education on weekends, truthfully I think she worked 7 days a week. We all work hard.
I'm glad medical people make a lot of money and can have Mercs and BMWs etc, I just wish teachers could too.
My SIL does free work in Appalahia every 5th week of the year. I hear you.
My sister never had a new car in her whole adult life. Wish she had, she worked very very hard.
I just wanted to chime in on the "only working 4 days a week" bit re dentists and those in the field. My BIL is an orthodontist (as is his father) and I have two first cousins who are dentists. Dental school is extremely competitive and difficult, and I can't even imagine how excruciating orthodontic school would be (there aren't that many, and classes tend to be super small -- BIL's class had EIGHT students... and this isn't a small school... LSU). School is hard and the debt incurred is A LOT.
Then when they graduate and get licensed/certified by their Boards, it's not over. They all work their a$$es off with all the CE and extra stuff just to stay up-to-date. BIL is constantly going to CE weekend studies -- that are not free, nor are they "vacation-like". He works 4 days a week in his orthodontic office, then the 5th day is spent in surgery -- so just because the office is closed doesn't mean he's sitting at home in a robe smoking Cuban cigars. LOL Also, paperwork is REAL... he says that he spends much more time on paperwork than actual time with patients and office stuff. He takes a lot of his paperwork home.
He also does at least one mission every couple of years in which he helps those with cleft palates have a normal life by working for FREE and traveling ON HIS DIME. He is luckier, in that he will eventually take over his father's very established orthodontic office, and he doesn't have so much equipment to buy out of pocket starting out. However, equipment doesn't last forever and is not completely maintenance-free. The cost of a dental office is phenomenal. It's not all about the dentist/orthodontist/surgeon getting rich. It's about providing the best possible care to your patients. I hope that helps explain the perceived "bank schedules" of this profession.