People Tell Me My Job is Easy

People tell me my job is easy.

You get summers off.

You only work nine months of the year.

You’re done at 3 pm.

You get paid to babysit.

Students at that school won’t succeed anyway, so you don’t have to do much.

Students at that school will succeed anyway, so you don’t have to do much.

Teaching advanced courses is easy. My students don’t even know the basics.

It must be easy to teach those students. Mine can’t handle that kind of work.

I wish I got to teach those students. Mine aren’t that engaged.

You just walk around asking questions. Your students are the ones doing everything.