According to Reddit teachers, these are the perks of being a teacher. A few may make you chuckle!
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- “Having inside jokes with a class. One year it was chickens. They were hilarious! Last year we had a joke that paper clips were spicy. Just silly stuff with your class.”
- “free portrait once per year!”
- “The top perk. I would not be a teacher without summers off. I also love having Christmas break. Makes the holidays fun and gives me some of the excitement I had when I was a kid.”
- “Having a job that is never the same day after day. Learning new things all the time.”
- “I love all the compliments I get from my elementary students.”
- “I had one kid who noticed every time I wore something new. Even long after she left my classroom.”
- “I get 30% off at the local barber, but I’m bald.”
- “That free burrito that you get once a year from Chipotle.”
- “No one said minor celebrity. Who doesn’t love walking through a grocery store and kids are amazed that you are a real person?!”
- “Ability to plan and make decisions about my daily work, which is largely unsupervised.”
- “I don’t have the office job problem of needing to kill time when done with my work.”
- “The annual reset. I worked a number of ‘regular’ jobs before teaching and I learned that I mentally and emotionally need some kind of cyclical reset or I get worn out. Every year we are handed the opportunity to re-invent our whole job.”
- “I love back-to-school supply shopping and the smell of new boxes of Crayola crayons.”
- “Working hours 100%. Home by 3:10 and get to spend that time with family.”
- “Teachers are allowed to use the weight/workout room in the gym after school. It saves me about $70 a month in gym fees. Also, I get a good number of steps in every day.”
- “Having a job where I can let rip and oh-so easily blame it on the students.”
- “I was way too excited to get my Barnes and Noble teacher card. I use it a lot!”
- “Having the same schedule every week is a perk! I used to work retail and I didn’t like the uncertainty of not knowing what shifts/how many hours I would work each week.”
- “Teacher discounts at stores are pretty solid. We have outlets a short drive away from where I live and almost all the stores there give teachers a discount if you show your school ID or email.”
- “Being well paid, with really good health care provided by the government, great retirement benefits, as well as perfect job security. I’m not American.”