[JennysCool]

Sounds like a great and dedicated guy. That said, he DOES get three months plus off a year, does he not?

[Leaning Right]

“Sounds like a great and dedicated guy. That said, he DOES get three months plus off a year, does he not?”

Ah, yes. I’m guessing that he also puts in extra time after school helping kids with missed work. He then grades papers in the evenings and perhaps works on lesson plans for a few hours on Saturday.

It all evens out in the end.

[MWestMom]

Anyone who thinks that teachers get three months off a year and actually get to take it don't know any teachers. Their salaries are for teaching; but are stretched over 12 months. Most teachers that I knew (dad was teacher, husband a teacher, I was a teacher until I got into business to make a better income faster) had to use the summer months to work at a summer job, or go back to school. Increases in teacher pay are determined not only by number of years teaching; but also, by the number of hours beyond a BS degree that you had. You could only get so far on the salary scale by “being” there without sinking more $ and time into classes.

As for 7,000 days with no absences, as a HR Director, I saw employees who were “always there” filling seats. I also know that they came in sick, passed it on to others and took out a large number of staff during flu season leaving others to pick up the slack for those who were out. Also, the seat fillers weren't always the greatest employees. They showed up, brown nosed when they saw the opportunity and were some of the best delegators of work that I've ever met. I was never one for giving bonuses or awards for merely attendance.