As someone who walked away from a Teacher training course after the first Prac Teaching week cause I could see that the little *****darlings were far too clever for me to exercise any control over...

Teachers don't have the summer 'off' they are doing planning, etc. And from my friends who are teachers - it's a very high stress job that has a few satisfactions to people who care about other people.

But why should they live in less luxury that businessmen who have easier jobs and get paid millions?