I just don't get it.

This morning I decided to google "Pension Envy." As you might guess, I came across everything from data manipulated to support why public sector workers are not to be envied, to personal posts from teachers whining about how low their salaries are and how they deserve the pension because they make nothing while working compared to all those private sector workers and their big FAT BONUSES those private sector employers are lavishing on us!! BONUSES? What planet are they on?? Anyway, here is an excerpt from one whiney teacher blog called Certain Absurdity. After reading, check out another post by the same blogger under "TRAVEL ADVENTURES." I guess we can do the same with all those BONUSES we are getting!

Pension Envy

November 10, 2013 — certainabsurdity 

"I am a public employee. I have a defined benefit pension plan. I deserve it.

I have been teaching for almost 18 years. It has taken that long to get to a salary that reflects how hard a work and what I deserve. Fresh college graduates in finance and various other fields are starting out pretty close to what has taken me 18 years to work up to. I work hard. I am vilified by the public. Yet, they think that I don’t deserve my pension. And because they are taxpayers, they think that they have a right to this opinion.

As a public employee, I have taken a lower salary with the promise that when I retire, I will be able to live at a hopefully comfortable level until I die. This level would be approximately 72% of my average high-five salary years. Provided that I work 38 years in my current job. I do not get the benefit of EVER getting a bonus. I know of people whose bonus is more than my yearly salary. Is it fair? Who knows? But I’m not saying that they’re not going to get it. I chose this profession because I like kids. I find it stimulating. I am challenged. I am super frustrated at times. But that just makes me more determined to figure out a way to reach that kid."

Now from the TRAVEL post:

"Holy week in Andalusia, Spain is a big deal. I just witnessed it over Spring Break. It’s an incredible experience. Every night there are processions through the streets of Nazarenos with usually two pasos. There are marching bands, one before Jesus and one after the Virgin Mary. And these processions last for hours and bring tourists and Spanairds alike to the region.

If you recall, I was in Spain this past summer with my sister. Normally I wouldn’t go back to the same country so soon, but since our Spring break fell over Holy Week, it was an opportunity too good to pass up. I traveled with my friend, Margaret, this time. Margaret is Catholic, and knows a lot about the various saints and practices of the faith. Since I’m Lutheran, this was quite helpful. Margaret is also quite the foodie, so I’ll credit her with my new-found love of salmorejo too.

We spent 3 nights in Granada, 1 in Cordoba and 4 in Seville. We enjoyed beautiful Spring weather and walked nearly 150,000 steps during our journey. That’s 61.35 miles, for those of you who would like a more familiar measurement."

The blog post moves on to Barcelona, etc etc. You get it. A fab trip to Europe during the summer break. SUMMER BREAK? What's that?