Can teachers ever have a work-life balance? | Teacher Network Blog | Guardian Professional

Can teachers ever have a work-life balance? | Teacher Network Blog | Guardian Professional:

"Teachers are, at times, a much-maligned and misunderstood community. Your friends will rib you about knocking off at 3 o'clock. "Oh, and you get all those holidays don't you?" they will quip. "How hard can it really be?"

To cut to the chase, teaching is a stressful profession. Many of those friends of yours who jest about your extended holidays will not understand the complexities and strains of being in the profession."