re: Public School Teachers just had 15 days off for Christmas

COVID opened everyone's eyes about teachers and their unions.

This is how they truly feel:

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Always love these teacher shaming threads.

None of you MFers could do what they do, putting up with all those little bastards all day, every day. I sure as hell wouldn’t

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I'm not shaming the teachers, but the School District administrators that built the calendar can catch all of the shame.

St. Tammany Parish schools are also closed on Monday for a professional development day. When building the calendar, it would have made more sense to have this day the Friday before Christmas Break instead of the 1/2 day they had for students. So now, instead of parents being inconvenienced 1 day of the Christmas Break, parents are inconvenienced 2 days. They also could have just scheduled this professional development day for Friday, 1/2, durung the break.

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is that supposed to be a lot? Lol

I would not want to work 8 months for only 50k

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It's about the best 50k a year job there is- impossible to fire, permanent job security, low chance of automation, and a very low barrier to entry.

That's not even mentioning the pension, guaranteed pay increases, fall break, Christmas break, spring break, and SUMMER break.

Then add in social benefits - you are connected to a minimum 20-30 families per year and can massively boost your network. You can relate to people easily because everyone's either been a teacher or remembers one from their school days. You get tons of free shite from your student's parents at Christmas and at the end of the year. 5-10% teacher's discounts everywhere. Nobody gives this stuff to accountants & tradesmen.

Honestly teaching is about the biggest sacred cow job in America outside of military & 1st responders. Even doctors get more hate.

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My daughter started back today which I thought was odd but it basically got the kids back into school flow before really starting Monday.

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And people wonder why the younger generation is struggling in the workforce. No insult to your kids, they're just following the schedule put in front of them, but this idea of easing them back into work before work is why employers are firing or refusing to hire Gen Z.

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Yikes. I believe the OP is referring to how inadequately the teachers manage their large amount of time off, while simultaneously inconveniencing parents who properly manage their time off. No one is saying their fetish is being in a classroom full of kids year-round, except you.

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Teachers are contracted to work a certain number of days for a certain amount of pay. They get X amount of days off for holidays/summer in which they are not paid, hence the low salary. That salary is spread evenly throughout the year so that they receive a paycheck either biweekly or monthly.
However, many teachers spend several weeks during the summer prepping their classroom for the school year for free, and many must spend extra time at night grading papers or inputting data that they were unable to do while watching 20 kids all day.

Most teachers get 1-2 sick days a year and no PTO. Unexpected school closures due to weather are not up to the teachers. That is a district decision. So the teachers are not inconveniencing the parents due to abrupt school closures. I'm not saying teachers are heros. That label is for military veterans who have served. But basically you don't know shite about frick. Hopefully this helps.

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so many unexpected school closure days.

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There actually aren't that many in Texas. Tornado on the way? Kids are sheltering in place, you can pick them up 15 minutes later than usual, etc.

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From what I’ve seen on Facebook,

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It was a good break. I’m ready to get back into the classroom. Also, being off when my kids are off is huge. Saves a lot of money on childcare.

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Absolutely - I would never bring a kid into this fricked up world. I can do whatever the frick I want to do.

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Like bitch about teachers when it obviously doesn’t impact you in any way?

In my district, next Monday and Tuesday are professional development days. We teachers have NO SAY in this. Believe me, I’d much rather have students than two days of worthless meetings.

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Yeah, bc no one gets off for Christmas, New Years, Mardi Gras, Thanksgiving, or any other holiday. LOL it’s 2 months in summer. June and July.

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No one gets a week off for Thanksgiving, 2 weeks+ off for Christmas and a spring break before school lets out. Oh, and from late May to mid August IS 2 1/2 months, not 2.

I'll concede most other holidays are the norm, but the above are not the norm in 99% of the workforce related days off.