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Originally Posted by driveway
I don't really know of any teachers who are the first ones to start whining about our jobs, or exclaiming that we're somehow special, but we don't work any less hard than anyone else. Yet, there is this thread specifically dedicated to whether or not teachers do, in fact, work hard... started by and mostly participated in by non-teachers.
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Of course teachers work less hard than any other professional. They get three months off a year, work 3/4 of a day and get multiple breaks throughout the day (lunch, spares, recess, etc.). On top of that, they work a short career with insane life-long benefits and a pension that pays out more than they put in.
I definitely agree with you that teachers don't complain much, though. I have a lot of teacher friends and family and they absolutely know the abnormally sweet life gig they have. It's not like they don't notice they're the only ones in the group with the entire summer off, every Christmas off, Easter off and a random spring week off while the rest of us are working. They also brag about getting home before rush hour so they're aware their day is short, too.
I think it's the union that makes a lot of noise. It's always asking for more. And to get more, it needs to make the case to the public that teachers currently have a raw deal, which is of course ridiculous. But that pisses off taxpayers, as it should. And some teachers believe their own union's propaganda, which is really annoying, but I honestly don't encounter any of those in real life. Just see them yelling on the news during strikes or whatever.