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Originally Posted by Spurs
I think it is the failure of people actually reading/hearing what is being said and instead just going with their incorrect assumption, that always paints teachers in the worst light, is why these myths keep getting spread.
If you think that increased travel costs and crowded holiday spots aren't a downside then you are either dumb or just too committed to the negative steroetype you want to portray.
Nobody has said the negatives outweigh the positives, but pointing out it isn't perfect doesn't mean they want to scrap the whole thing.
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Spurs, what are you talking about? This is what he originally posted:
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Originally Posted by Wormius
Do you think any of what he described are worthwhile perks? First assuming the kids and parent are even at the same school, this perk is useful only until the kids are old enough to stay home by themselves. So it’s not like 12 years of saving money on daycare.
Having the same holiday schedule aligned to the most expensive travel seasons aren’t a perk either. After the kids have completed school, there isn’t even a benefit to having that time off. What are you going to do for 2 months? Take a seasonal job?
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First of all, he is literally saying it is not a perk.
Secondly, what are you even getting at? You want me to acknowledge that this perk of time off is somewhat negated because travel costs are higher? Okay, you got me, I fully agree, that is a bit of a bummer. But that is like one drop of water into a bucket of awesomeness. So really it actually is just a matter of perhaps varying perspectives, not me just "focusing only on what I want to hear / see".
Again to evaluate a true measure of
how good the perk is, we can simply ask teachers what they'd be prepared to sacrifice on this time off but you can bet there'd be an outrage (understandably, because it is an amazing perk of the job, and good for teachers for having such perk).
You know this is true based on the fact the CBE
is literally adding another week off in the fall. Like, come on now.