don't let anyone fool you, teaching school is a 24/7 way of life, even with a family to raise. and as you read above, even summers are not off. the jobs are very politcal and you are at the beck and calll of your administrator, whether they really know what they are doing or not. but, on the plus side, the kids know who cares and who does not, and i have had some of those students come back and talk to me about how to raise their children so they do not turn out with the same problems they had in school. that kind of flattery is worth the effort. it doesn't pay the bills, but you do know that you did make a difference in someone's life.