Pemeliza, 60 hours a week for teachers is not the norm. The usual teaching load for high school is 5 contact hours, leaving 3 for correcting & administrative time during the other 8 hours, plus whatever work is taken home, which varies by subject and yes, for math may be a lot. For some other subjects it is not much. Sorry, summers are generally not spent working on curriculum. But teachers do often take additional classes of dubious value to crank up their degrees and certifications to move into higher pay categories.
Good teachers like this one should certainly earn more. Unfortunately, those who work extra hard and are productive get about the same as those who do not, thanks to tenure and union rules against firing the incompetents. Many of those who leave the profession early on are the young and energetic ones who are turned off by the atmosphere and feel they can go farther in the private sector. Too often those left include many who seek only job security and retirement in their fifties.
I taught high school English for one year and it was difficult–not for the hours but the discipline problems. Went into college teaching which was far easier!
