"What you don't realize is that teachers do work weekends"

A dedicated teacher is always working.  Besides grading papers on weeknights and weekends... a good teacher is always thinking about class lesson plans, new ways to teach subjects, how to reach difficult kids.  

Many teachers have to deal with children who have no discipline at home, parents who do nothing to help prepare their children for education while at home.

Teachers are the most overstressed, underpaid, under appreciated public servants out there, yet they continue on because they care about kids and making society a better place.

On the other hand, School administrators and legislators making these decisions for the schools are the most overpaid, under worked, pampered  'public servants' the state has ever seen.