re: 2/3 of teachers surveyed in Texas considering going peace out

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The majority of us have to use vacation days to have more than one or two days off for those holidays, we don't get the entire week or half a month off for it - so no. Quit whining about going back to work like its some injustice that you're expected to go back to work in August after an entire summer off work

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The "entire summer" in most cases is less than 8 weeks.

And you know how yesterday's thread talked about how people want teachers to submit lesson plans by July 1st or whatever? When you think those are going to get done?

Teachers don't work 40 hour weeks all summer long but they are preparing for school year.

My wife works 188 contract days peer year at 8 hours per day. That's 1,504 hours. She works approx 5 hours a week outside her "work day" - mainly on weekends... grading and planning. So 36 x 5 = 180 hours. Finally she works let's say 50 hours during summer, with planning, etc.

Let's call it 1,734 hours.

So yes it's less than most people have full time. They also get paid about 52K a year. So they are getting paid less than many full time professionals who work a 2200 hour year.