"A real job?"
There is considerable data available for you to research on whether or not year round school is worth the time and money where academic success is the marker. Do a little homework and you'll see that the jury is very much still out on that one.
Parents wouldn't have to pay for summer camps and other "BS", because they'd have year round baby sitters. Tell you what, if educators are baby sitters, then we deserve baby sitter's pay. Around here, twelve year old girls get 5 dollars an hour per kid. 5 x 30 x 6.5 = 975 dollars a day times a 180 day school year is 175.5K per year. I'll take that in a heartbeat. Sadly for parents who don't want to pay for summertime "BS", we ain't baby sitters.
While the traditional school year is certainly based on the agricultural calendar and is no longer relevant, no educator thinks all his or her kids live on a farm.
Most people can probably only recall a few truly great teachers. For that matter, most can only recall a few truly great doctors, lawyers, Mercedes mechanics and pizza boys. What's the point?
Who was it anyhow who decided teachers weren't supposed to make any money. Your source please?
You mentioned "real job" twice. Your bias and jealousy are showing as clearly as Uranus.