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malcolmk14 · 05-07-2014, 04:35 PM

I'm also a teacher - and I see a lot of both types of teachers. There are some who work 7 hours a day and hardly do any planning, recycling old lessons and materials and doing the same things year-after-year. There are also those who work 10-11 hours a day (at school) and spend their evenings doing extra-curricular activities and even more planning and work at home. Sure, the time off in the summer is great, but any good teacher is making up for those hours and then some during the school year.

Elementary is WAY more work than secondary, no question about it.

Teachers have 199 or 200 operational days in a school year.

My girlfriend, who is an engineer at a medium sized oil & gas company in Calgary, works 209 days this year. She gets 3 weeks holidays and two Fridays off a month. Oh, and she doesn't get hugs at the end of the day.

05-07-2014, 04:35 PM	#99
malcolmk14 Franchise Player Join Date: Jan 2008 Exp:	I'm also a teacher - and I see a lot of both types of teachers. There are some who work 7 hours a day and hardly do any planning, recycling old lessons and materials and doing the same things year-after-year. There are also those who work 10-11 hours a day (at school) and spend their evenings doing extra-curricular activities and even more planning and work at home. Sure, the time off in the summer is great, but any good teacher is making up for those hours and then some during the school year. Elementary is WAY more work than secondary, no question about it. Teachers have 199 or 200 operational days in a school year. My girlfriend, who is an engineer at a medium sized oil & gas company in Calgary, works 209 days this year. She gets 3 weeks holidays and two Fridays off a month. Oh, and she doesn't get hugs at the end of the day. Last edited by malcolmk14; 05-07-2014 at 05:03 PM.