Assumptions versus what I know.
I know when I last worked at HELUS that my number of days worked per year was around 192 but I didn't make near what a top teacher did despite being at the top of the ladder of all unionized positions in HELUS.
I know that I would not want to be a teacher because I would not have the patience to deal with the parents, the kids I could probably deal with but not the parents and I don't mind that teachers make a decent wage
I know that I would not want to work any position in a dental office that involved looking into/working in someone's mouth, fucking gross and I don't mind that those people make a decent wage.
I know that I now make far more money than I ever have in the past, plus an active HELUS pension income doesn't hurt, but I do work far longer hours than I ever have in the past but my stress levels are much reduced from anything I've done in the past as well - a great trade off is what I know.
I know that I have to tip my hat to my eldest kid for trying to become a full time teacher, it's a path my wife and I never expected him to follow and he'll be great at it.
I know that there are a lot of twats in this thread who are too full of themselves and who are far too quick to shat on those in certain professions because they think they know better. Now this could be considered an assumption on my part but I truly believe comments in this thread by others are proving otherwise.