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Originally Posted by Sliver
I always chuckle at this argument. If I were to choose 100 days off a year, I'd probably pick about 60 days around the nicest two months of the year, maybe add 18 around Christmas as it's nice to spend that time with family, then I'd throw in another 10 days around Easter so I could sneak away for a winter/spring getaway. Those days would also be nice because that's when my kids would have off, which is great for family time and lowers childcare costs for families where both parents work. Teachers may not get to choose all of their days off, but they do get the best days off in the calendar so it's hard to have too much sympathy for them on that front.
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Then do it, become a teacher if it sounds so awesome (and be the best darn teacher you can be) or accept the fact that in the teaching profession, teachers get 100 days off. That is just what happens. Just like people in other professions might get bonuses or free meals or discounts off merchandise.
The teachers are not teaching in class during the summer because school is not in session during the summer. That is just how it is. If the year round schools become the norm will teachers be working in the summers. Yes. Blame the education system or whoever decided on the fall - spring schedule. Don't blame teachers for working when they are supposed to work.
I have no love for the education system but the way people bitch and complain about teachers is maddening.