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demtenjeep

(31,997 posts) Wed Mar 14, 2012, 07:09 PM Mar 2012

I get so tired of people gritching that "teachers get all summer off" We get paid for 186 days [View all]

what do they NOT understand about this? We went to college incurred debt and most of the time enjoy what we do, but I get so tired of "my tax dollars pay for your summer vacation" crap. I also work way more than 186 days plus continuing education classes that I pay for.

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I get so tired of people gritching that "teachers get all summer off" We get paid for 186 days [View all] demtenjeep Mar 2012 OP

You have my total admiration and support. Teachers by and large do a remarkable job and certainly teddy51 Mar 2012 #1

K/R They also don't know that we can't deduct all the supplies we buy, or realize... NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #2

I tend to do a lot of hands on projects for end of unit wrap ups demtenjeep Mar 2012 #32

A lot of teachers also bring fruit and snacks and food, secretively... NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #33

yea, I always have a stash of something to snack on demtenjeep Mar 2012 #34

Note to public: Teachers d/not get paid tax dollars f/the periods of time school is not in session. MichiganVote Mar 2012 #3

Exactly, thank you! NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #6

My husband was a teacher for 32 years. If they ever paid him for his michaz Mar 2012 #4

My wife is a teacher and what I have found to shut them up is this, gopiscrap Mar 2012 #5

Many don't even get there summers off (I know this is a matter of choice) but many go back to school teddy51 Mar 2012 #7

My wife has taken 6 summers off in 31 years of teaching gopiscrap Mar 2012 #39

teachers perform one of the if not THE dana_b Mar 2012 #8

Yes, when you average it out, it's less than other jobs. And teachers... freshwest Mar 2012 #9

These people must not have made it past 3rd grade Mopar151 Mar 2012 #10

Except that teachers don't even get paid for there 2000 hours per year. They don't get teddy51 Mar 2012 #12

The argument I have heard to that one is... liberal N proud Mar 2012 #11

Probably many actually do get an extra job in the summer to augment there income's. n/t teddy51 Mar 2012 #13

Don't listen to the ignorance. I know my brother use to be a teacher until he retired. southernyankeebelle Mar 2012 #14

Sorry you have to put up that stuff abelenkpe Mar 2012 #15

You might like this. progressoid Mar 2012 #16

If teachers were paid to babysit, they'd be living large Kennah Mar 2012 #17

this one? demtenjeep Mar 2012 #23

It's simple. You don't want teachers to have summers off, jerseyjack Mar 2012 #18

Sorry MJJP21 Mar 2012 #19

what a load of bullshit demtenjeep Mar 2012 #20

What a bunch of crap. kcass1954 Mar 2012 #25

Um... no. Hissyspit Mar 2012 #26

That's not how it is these days. knitter4democracy Mar 2012 #35

Since teaching is such a soft touch, sulphurdunn Mar 2012 #40

There is no tenure for teachers in Texas. mbperrin Mar 2012 #55

What everybody above me said, plus... Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #57

I regard teachers highly. Very. But face it: you get the summer off, paid. Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #21

again, we get paid for 186 days demtenjeep Mar 2012 #22

UFT.org emilyg Mar 2012 #29

That's just how they divide up the checks. Depends on the way you look at it: Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #48

A whole bucket of money? Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #58

No teacher gets summer off, paid. Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #24

From UFT.org emilyg Mar 2012 #28

That's having your checks pro-rated. Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author sulphurdunn Mar 2012 #43

Sure it is. Summer is VACATION. Are teachers fired every year? Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #49

That is very silly. Vacation time for a worker is paid time off. Starry Messenger Mar 2012 #53

You need to talk to an actual teacher, or a seasonal worker in a different field. NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #27

exactly right. I get paid 12 months for 186 days. demtenjeep Mar 2012 #31

That's like saying I'm not paid for my 4 weeks' vacation. Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #50

Do you have to go to school during your 4 weeks' vacation? proud2BlibKansan Mar 2012 #56

so you actually DO get paid for not working yet you criticize teachers who actually DON'T.... mike_c Mar 2012 #66

If I don't work, I don't get paid. knitter4democracy Mar 2012 #36

no, teachers get summer off UNPAID.... mike_c Mar 2012 #41

So you get fired every year and have to re-apply, so that you're unemployed every summer? Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #51

Actually, in many areas teachers ARE unemployed during the summer. FBaggins Mar 2012 #54

I don't know why you find this so hard to understand.... mike_c Mar 2012 #60

Every time I've been a salaried teacher, yes. knitter4democracy Mar 2012 #67

How many jobs require unpaid HOMEWORK almost every night ? eppur_se_muova Mar 2012 #37

For the first 12 years of my career, I had to get summer jobs. Reader Rabbit Mar 2012 #38

My wife was a teacher Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #42

Ivan's Goat sulphurdunn Mar 2012 #44

182 days at 6 paid hours per day for me. montanto Mar 2012 #45

The taxpayers don't have to pay me for my summers, I just wish they'd pay me for what I do. demtenjeep Mar 2012 #46

Absolutely! montanto Mar 2012 #61

And I'd settle for a few supplies proud2BlibKansan Mar 2012 #62

Study: Teachers Work the Same Number of Hours as Average U.S. Worker NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #47

Well, aren't those hours as reported by teachers for work done away from school? Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #52

How much you get paid for that OT? Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #59

I sign in each morning at 6:45, and I sign out at 3:15 each afternoon. mbperrin Mar 2012 #63

sadly, some are not going to learn demtenjeep Mar 2012 #64

"Thank you for your service, demtenjeep." NYC_SKP Mar 2012 #65