Although I know teachers, I'm not impressed with their plight.  Most teachers' salaries exceed that of most museum staff people who have at least as much education with a far more restricted employment field.  For instance about three years ago in the Denver area (think high rent) museum directors were being offered starting salaries in the high 30s low 40s.  In the museum field there's not even the pretext of holiday vacations (those weeks around New Year's, Thanksgiving and "spring") and often very limited vacation time and even more limited sick time - which often does not accrue.  Only in government museums have I been expected to work only 40 hours a week.  In the private sector, it was anywhere from 45 to 80 depending upon what was in the fire.
 
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