Originally Posted by Ariana:
No offense taken 
I don't see it as a disrespect to teachers. I'm actually quite shocked that any teacher would take offense to this. I'm an educated teacher of young children. Each and every day I teach. Just because I teach outside of the school system doesn't mean I'm any less of a teacher....just my opinion 
I also know many teachers who feel the same as I do!
I agree.
(I went to University, went through student teaching, got my ESL Early Childhood-6th Grade degree, saw the hiring freeze here and opened up my own business.)
Babysitter does bother me. I have a teaching degree that I use in my Preschool. When I was a babysitter I didn't even need to be a high school graduate and each family paid me $10 an hour. But, to be fair the last parent that called me a babysitter asked if I have children bussed back and forth to Preschool. I looked at her very oddly and said, "No. I AM a Preschool, that would be quite strange."