November 19, 2018

*I'm on vacation but that doesn't mean we can't have some fun!

1. Teacher pay sucks, let's be honest. We are underpaid severely however living in Houston compared to the cost of living my salary isn't TERRIBLE considering teachers in Austin are starting at like 46K and it is expensive as hell there. Also, I get taxed out the wazoo and the state keeps borrowing money from my pension plan and I can't get social security no matter how much I paid....I still need a raise don't get it twisted...anyways...

1a. My district has this DUMB rule to make payday the 10th and 25th...everybody else is on an every other week thing or the 1st and 15th like normal but nah we always have to be different for the wrong reasons. The 10th never poses a problem....you know what does the 25th...because of the holidays that fall during that time. Thanksgiving and Christmas. That means I get paid early. Wow! A blessing....WRONG.

1b. I got paid on the 9th(because the 10th fell on a weekend) cool...then I got paid on the 16th because the 25th falls on the Sunday before we come back to work. So rather than just paying me on the 26th...I get paid again on December 10th! That's 20+ days instead of the regular 15 days between paydays but what there's more!

1c. So I get paid on December 10th, then December 19th because the 25th....is you guessed it Jesus' fake birthday party! We have known this was his birthday party since it got meshed with pagan holiday during the 4th century...so why pick a date that YOU KNOW you will not be on campus to press the "pay the damn people that do all the work and make me look good" button ? Who the hell knows...so you know what all this means I get paid after that on January motherfraction 10th! Another 20+days without being paid.

1d. The busiest and most joyful time of the year turns into a nightmare because we can't think of any better way to pay teachers.

1e. The motto in our district this year was " It's about the outcome! Not the income!" They put it on a shirt and gave it to us. Then they do us like this around the holidays. Thanks for showing appreciation and being grateful during the holiday season.

1f. My wife..who also happens to be a teacher gets paid like a normal person. Thank God. If I was single I would be struggling. Now for these two months I have to do something funny for some money while she calls me a broke hoe everyday. Thanks school district!!!!

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