Dear Ed,
You're my ****ing hero.
Signed,
A fellow teacher.
My wife and I max our 457s and next year will start to contribute to our 403b in addition. Unfortunately we are both special area teachers in a part of the country that is teeming with applicants and has a paucity of openings. So we can't even consider giving up our tenure (we have that too) in order to access out tax-deferred accounts.
But this, sir, is why you are my hero. Please keep updating your blog, I thoroughly enjoy it.