I'd like to resign, please... where's my check?

So, our superintendent resigned. For those of you who don't know what that means, it means she won't be working for our school district anymore. I thought it might be confusing, since she's going to get $375,000... for NOT working. I knew this kind of thing happened for CEOs of major corporations, but I thought people didn't get into education for the money. I suppose it's nice... sort of... to find out that you can get rich in the field...

Anyway, in reading the above article, I saw that she's getting paid more for NOT working anymore than she would have been paid for working another year. Fifty percent more, as a matter of fact.

So, I'd like to resign. I only make 16% of what the superintendent makes, so I'll settle for 16% of her severance package. That's about 60,000 dollars. That should be enough for me to take a couple of years off of work to spend time with my daughter, and then I'll go and look for another job... unless they'll hire me back at my old one. Then maybe every ten years or so I can resign again for a break.

I wonder how long Ackerman will take off before she starts looking for another job. Unless she finds it necessary to maintain a much more lavish lifestyle than the one I'm perfectly content in, she'll be able to take about 10 years off before she needs to worry about looking for work again. Actually, since she's still receiving her full salary for this year, she'll probably be okay for the next 15 years. Then she'll have to work again, I guess. But don't worry about her. If it gets too hard, she can always resign.

- "We're rich! Richer than astronauts!"