The entire argument about how long a teacher works each year isn’t very relevant to overall argument of teacher worth, IMHO. I know that it gets trotted out during almost every debate and it just peeves any person that teaches.
I don’t teach but some of my friends do. They explain their frustrations over how they’re perceived. They’re just as much victims of the systems as the kids. Any wrong move they’re fired. It gets deeper but many of them are just plain frustrated. They’re between a rock and a hard place.
We need to stop peeving off the teachers, the VAST MAJORITY of them are good people...in truth, they hate the unions more than we do - I SEE AN ELECTION OPPORTUNITY!
When folks try to compare annual salaries, the number of days worked per year certainly matters.
“The entire argument about how long a teacher works each year isn’t very relevant to overall argument of teacher worth”
Really? When compensation is figured wouldn’t the amount of time on the job be relevant? Goodness knows we don’t “peeve” anyone who teaches