re: Teachers, unite! Summer is here! #official thread

My former career was teaching and coaching. There is alot more too it than most think. 60 hour weeks most of the year meaning I was actually on campus working during those hours. It wasn't a hard job but harder than one would think. It just wasn't worth the money IMO. Plus with coaching I was working a good bit in the summer. I respect the hell out of a good hardworking teacher but there are a ton of lazy POS teachers too.

Yes!

Today is last day for kids. We have to come on Monday. It's close, brotha.

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Enjoy your summer. You've earned it.

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I just KNEW this was going to be a walt post. Guess I was wrong.

Between your holidays, weekends, summer and off periods ... there is no reason to be working 5:30 am into the evening.

Sorry about your poor time management skills. Maybe someone should teach that to you.

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Teachers, unite! Summer is here! #official thread by lsufan9193969700

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I have a real job with real ambitions. No summers off here.

complains about pay.
brags about time off.

yep.

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We had a training day (no pay) Monday, but it was cancelled.

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Sometimes I wonder if some of y'all understand the concept of annual salary vs paid by the hour...

Oh... Here comes another know-it-all, speaking out of his/her arse. You guys are great!

No, I completely understand the difference. I am paid a salary to work 182 days a year for 46k. That is my salary. I am asked to arrive by 6:45 and to leave no earlier than 2:45.

Monday is not one of those 182 days.

We clock in/out at the school where I work. We sign timesheets at the end of each month so you get to see people's hours. The ONLY people putting in anywhere near 60-70 hours are football coaches and the head baseball coach. We'll put in 80+ in season (same with baseball coach) and 50-60 in the off-season. The MOST a regular teacher might occasionally work is 50 hours every now and then. When they do you never hear the end of that shite. Typically teachers put in 35-40 hours. And yes, if you come in on the weekends you clock in. I'm up there Saturday and Sunday during the season and I never see any regular teachers there.

Summer hours are light for me: 20-30 hours a week. But again, it's a barren wasteland other than major sport coaches, principals, and an occasional counselor.

I say this not to complain. I love my job. I'm just trying to dispel some myths perpetrated by regular teachers. I've done this 17 years at 4 different schools. I'm sure there are exceptions somewhere but I have NEVER seen teachers work as hard as they claim to on the internet.