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Originally Posted by #-3
I think I somewhat agree with Mr Coffee line of thought, without agreeing with his anger about it.
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Funny, I don’t read him as angry. His posts in this thread are fairly neutral until a couple of posters took the position that the summers off are not a perk, or are a complicated issue. He (IMO, rightly) saw that as a ridiculous position. The time off is a massive perk of the teaching profession. It comes with counterbalancing factors? Sure, but that’s not unique to teachers, that’s just life and certainly doesn’t mean it’s not a perk.
The time off I get is also encumbered with cost of travel, child care and the suspension of work I have to resume and catch up on when I return. Does any of that mean it’s not a perk, or I’d rather not have it? Of course not!
Maybe he painted with too broad a brush after that (the out of touch comment), but when you have people arguing that the time off teachers get in the summer is not a perk, it does seem a bit out of touch.