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| Teachers have better overall health and well-being than workers in 11 other job categories, including lawyers, doctors, business owners and mechanics, according to a national study released Wednesday. South Florida educators say it's because their profession is more of a calling than a job. And despite budget cuts, contentious contract negotiations and controversial academic initiatives, teachers say what they do is gratifying because it directly affects society. "We're going through a really tough time right now in education, but the good teachers - the teachers that make a difference - are there for reasons that people in the business world would never, ever, ever understand," said Ned Oistacher, a Pompano Beach High School business teacher who switched careers after years working in employee relations. That conviction, despite a sometimes unsatisfying work environment, explains why teachers scored their profession higher than others when asked to evaluate their well-being, the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index reported. The survey is the first and largest measure of what people believe constitutes a good life, using the World Health Organization's definition of health, which includes a state of physical, mental and social well-being. From June 2008 to July 2009, researchers asked nearly 180,000 professionals nationwide to evaluate their lives, including access to food, housing and health care; emotional health; behaviors such as smoking, exercise and diet; work environment and physical health. Teachers topped the list with a composite score of 71.7 percent, rating their emotional and behavioral health highest, although they lagged in physical health and work environment, the study said. Rosa Leal, a 33-year-veteran Spanish teacher at Palm Beach Lakes High, said, for her, teaching is about showing students they can triumph over humble beginnings. "I think for us it's helping people," Leal explained. "In my case, I work in a school with a lot of needs. It definitely helps me, seeing that I'm able to help a lot of those kids in many ways." Judy Dennis, a teacher at Hollywood Hills High School for 17 years, said working with teenagers keeps her young. Teaching also serves as a daily reminder of people's ability to change, she said. "It's a calling. If I viewed it as a job, I probably would not do it," Dennis said. "I love the schedule. I love being off, like now, two weeks." But teachers say the occupation does have its drawbacks - low pay, red tape and an emphasis on test scores. And that's what drove Heather Brennan from the profession she loved last year. Brennan, 35, taught eighth-grade social studies at Tequesta Trace Middle School in Weston. "I miss it a lot," said Brennan, who now does contract work in the nuclear power field. "Teaching is very gratifying, but the paycheck was just a deflating experience. Garbage men got paid more than we did." |
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