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Originally Posted by tanguay'sstillgood

True, why would you entertain this notion? Which one of us has been a first year teacher and actually has real life knowledge of the subject? Which one of us routinely got to work at 8am, got home at 9pm, worked for a few more hours, then repeated the next day? Which one of us worked every Sunday after they kept that other schedule all week? I clearly see why you should dismiss this claim as unrealistic.

Lets check your math:

36 weeks (which was your number, but the actual number is about 39) x 60 hours (the low end of the scale you apparently 'entertained') = 2160 hours

50 weeks (assuming 2 weeks holidays for other jobs - probably low) x 40 hours = 2000 hours

Weird...my results don't match your well thought out and reasearched conclusion...

What job do you do that has you so bitter about all the luxuries teachers enjoy?

Clever_Iggy...I believe your claim of "Speaking out of ignorance" has kinda been proven now (as if it hadn't been before).

Certainly low. I started working downtown a year ago and have 5 weeks holidays. Most people I know that work in professional or downtown office type jobs get at least that much.
Lets cut DESS some slack though; based on reading his posts I have no doubt that very few of his teachers put in more than the bare minimum amount of work...