Teachers for the longest time have been considered moonlighters because of the misperception that teaching is a half day job. Just because a teacher leaves school at 1pm does not mean he has nothing to do afterwards. Incessant marking, and preparation for the week's remaining lessons require time and effort. The fucker who mischaracterised a teacher's life was Teo cheebai. When he became minister of ed, he introduced 100 hours of mandatory training amongst many other soul sapping policies because he believed teachers had too much time on their hands. Many were thought to be engaged in sidelines such as insurance and housing. He got rid of those on the pension scheme by hastening their retirement, and killed the joy and purpose of teaching. The devil makes work for idle thumbs, and this cho boh lan is testimony to that