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Originally Posted by puckhog
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.
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Thanks. Take a look at this comment right here...
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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
Not to be confused with the annual “teachers get too much vacation” or quarterly “teachers get paid too much” threads.
Brought to you of course by the intellectual titans of Alberta industry. While they may collectively have zero classroom experience, they fortunately do have decades of experience criticizing a profession they know nothing about from the safety of their keyboards, ensconced in ivory towers far away from the frontlines and all those germ ridden children.
But, sure, Jan. Your kid failing at basic life skills and simple mathematics is the teachers fault. Not decades of systemic underinvestment in a system that is now held together with thoughts, prayers, and the pure uniformed vitriol of the masses.
Keep up the mediocre thread creation, CP. Looking forward to the next iteration at the September quarterly “teachers get paid too much” meeting.
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and tell me this isn't an extremely defensive 'play the victim-card' mentality?
First off, as has been pointed out, nobody said anything this guy is saying. I'm not sure they are even reading the thread. But this type of reply and attitude (which is about the 3rd or 4th reply in this type of spirit) is precisely what I am trying to portray.
Teachers can think everybody has an opinion, but they should know that everybody has an opinion about everything and they shouldn't feel so targeted.
Also, I am not "angry" at all, just a bizarre misread on what I have written. A poster said that having all that time off "wasn't a perk". Complaining that people have no right to comment on education systems because they are not experts in it does not in any way counter the fact that it was an absurd and ridiculous comment. Spurs played it best here, and I agree with him. Not every perk is ultra incredible and there is nuance. Completely correct, and goes for all professions.