Chopticon teacher on a week +++cruise???

[dixiepeach]

I graduated from Chopticon HS several years ago. I also was a student aide for the last two years. What the aides did was grade papers the whole period so the teachers didn't have to take them home. Tests were almost always scan-trons that are graded by a machine. I had a handful of "good" teachers at Chopticon but sadly they were exception and not the rule. I played sports after school and would have to rush if I wanted to talk to some teachers after school as they would be out the building before 3pm. We all knew who the easy teachers were....the ones we always watched tapes in or worse yet the tapes of the games they coached the night before. But I did have that very small handful of good ones.

 

[roxie]

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[Xaquin44]

you really didn't read (or comprehend) this thread NoName.

It's ok.

Teachers really do get all the same days as students off. They never have to do planning and they never grade homework, classwork, tests, quizzes and papers in addition to teaching the actual class. Nor do they have to prepare for parent teacher conferences or take continuing education courses. They certainly never have to attend or organize any of the schools extra curricular activities like plays, science fairs, sporting events or the like and they certainly never hold those events on weekends. They also never have to be present for rehersals and practices or anything.

Heck, why even pay them at all!?!

relax buddy, you must be right. It's ok. Really. Settle down son.

 

[sockgirl77]

you really didn't read (or comprehend) this thread NoName.

It's ok.

Teachers really do get all the same days as students off. They never have to do planning and they never grade homework, classwork, tests, quizzes and papers in addition to teaching the actual class. Nor do they have to prepare for parent teacher conferences or take continuing education courses. They certainly never have to attend or organize any of the schools extra curricular activities like plays, science fairs, sporting events or the like and they certainly never hold those events on weekends. They also never have to be present for rehersals and practices or anything.

Heck, why even pay them at all!?!

relax buddy, you must be right. It's ok. Really. Settle down son.

I know. How dare them complain about not making enough.

 

[clevalley]

I wonder if the teacher has come back from her cruise yet?

 

[Solja_Boy]

If I call out sick for my job for more than 3 days I need a doctors note. All I'm saying is could she do this over a break or what about the summer?

Teachers get vacation time stupid. Have ever considered the fact that your kids teacher used thier vacation time to take a trip.

 

[This_person]

you really didn't read (or comprehend) this thread NoName.

It's ok.

Teachers really do get all the same days as students off. They never have to do planning and they never grade homework, classwork, tests, quizzes and papers in addition to teaching the actual class. Nor do they have to prepare for parent teacher conferences or take continuing education courses. They certainly never have to attend or organize any of the schools extra curricular activities like plays, science fairs, sporting events or the like and they certainly never hold those events on weekends. They also never have to be present for rehersals and practices or anything.

Heck, why even pay them at all!?!

relax buddy, you must be right. It's ok. Really. Settle down son.

Your sarcasm is absolutely on the money. After all, teachers really do work from 7 am to 10 pm doing nothing (not lunch, dinner, NOTHING) except work for the school. This is at least six days a week, 52 weeks a year.

Or, we could get off of the sarcasm and see that they don't do either of these things. They get more time off than the average worker, but they are there when the kids are not there sometimes. Their workday is scheduled for around 7 to 71/2 hours a day (lunch included), and they work more than that on average. Most of them continue their education - like most salaried professionals that want to achieve more and get advanced. No one is claiming it's a cake-walk for untold riches. It's absurd to think they shouldn't be able to take a vacation. But, let's be fair and reasonable here; they work hard, and get fairly compensated.

 

[This_person]

I wonder if the teacher has come back from her cruise yet?

 

[Xaquin44]

Your sarcasm is absolutely on the money. After all, teachers really do work from 7 am to 10 pm doing nothing (not lunch, dinner, NOTHING) except work for the school. This is at least six days a week, 52 weeks a year.

Or, we could get off of the sarcasm and see that they don't do either of these things. They get more time off than the average worker, but they are there when the kids are not there sometimes. Their workday is scheduled for around 7 to 71/2 hours a day (lunch included), and they work more than that on average. Most of them continue their education - like most salaried professionals that want to achieve more and get advanced. No one is claiming it's a cake-walk for untold riches. It's absurd to think they shouldn't be able to take a vacation. But, let's be fair and reasonable here; they work hard, and get fairly compensated.

I'll agree with the fairly compensated part. After all, they know what they get into when they take the job. However, saying that they get all of those days off is simply wrong. As an aside, even if they do get a solid month off in the summer, it's only because 1: it's what the job dictates. 2: they've worked the equivelent (which they have).

 

[caramelalb]

Teachers get vacation time stupid. Have ever considered the fact that your kids teacher used thier vacation time to take a trip.

This is what happens when English teachers take too much time off. Students write mumbo jumbo like this.

 

[WifeandMother]

Your INSANE ...

My son just started CHopticon this year. His English Honors teacher has been out all week and the sub told them she will be out part of next week that she is on a cruise. How can this be allowed? I made a phone call and it was confirmed that she is indeed on a cruise. She couldn't do this over a break? Do teachers live in the real world???? This has me livid and I plan on calling Annapolis about this. No wonder the children aren't learning anything.

I hope you did call Annapolis and I hope they asked you if you had lost your mind. Teachers deserve time off like everyone else. It's not anyone's fault but your own that you don't have the same schedule as a teacher. You chose to work somewhere that has different requirements. Sounds like jealousy to me.....

 

[sockgirl77]

Sounds like jealousy to me.....

Exactly.

 

[caramelalb]

I graduated from Chopticon HS several years ago. I also was a student aide for the last two years. What the aides did was grade papers the whole period so the teachers didn't have to take them home. Tests were almost always scan-trons that are graded by a machine. I had a handful of "good" teachers at Chopticon but sadly they were exception and not the rule. I played sports after school and would have to rush if I wanted to talk to some teachers after school as they would be out the building before 3pm. We all knew who the easy teachers were....the ones we always watched tapes in or worse yet the tapes of the games they coached the night before. But I did have that very small handful of good ones.

This is sad

 

[clevalley]

You're still posting?

This is what happens when English teachers take too much time off. Students write mumbo jumbo like this.

Sock - I would say 'affirmative' on still posting.

 

[sockgirl77]

Socki - I would say 'affirmative' on still posting.

I've noticed.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

This thread's still going?

caramelalb,
Teacher's take time off just like everybody else. DEAL WITH IT! How many days a year do you take off? How many do you actually work?

 

[This_person]

I'll agree with the fairly compensated part. After all, they know what they get into when they take the job. However, saying that they get all of those days off is simply wrong. As an aside, even if they do get a solid month off in the summer, it's only because 1: it's what the job dictates. 2: they've worked the equivelent (which they have).

The days I think they get off are the holidays, the snow days, the winter and spring breaks, etc. I understand they are there before the school year starts for kids, and a little after it's over, and that they have to prep for classes, etc. If I came across differently (if I sounded like they get each and every single day off that the kids get), then I must have mispoke, or been misunderstood. I respectfully disagree with your number 2 point, but I think we can respectfully disagree with one another on this.

 

[clevalley]

Teachers get vacation time stupid. Have ever considered the fact that your kids teacher used thier vacation time to take a trip.

This is what happens when English teachers take too much time off. Students write mumbo jumbo like this.

I graduated from Chopticon HS several years ago. I also was a student aide for the last two years. What the aides did was grade papers the whole period so the teachers didn't have to take them home. Tests were almost always scan-trons that are graded by a machine. I had a handful of "good" teachers at Chopticon but sadly they were exception and not the rule. I played sports after school and would have to rush if I wanted to talk to some teachers after school as they would be out the building before 3pm. We all knew who the easy teachers were....the ones we always watched tapes in or worse yet the tapes of the games they coached the night before. But I did have that very small handful of good ones.

This is sad

So - what exactly do you do for a living? You must be a critic hired by the county to critique the school system huh?

You don't like it? Don't let the door hit you where the Good Lord split you! Get the 'eff out of the area! -or- Get out from behind your keyboard and volunteer at a local school... work with the youth... do something to make a difference if it bothers you that much you gunch!

 

[Xaquin44]

to T_P


you're wrong on the number 2

do you know any teachers?

I have 5 teachers in my family (three retired) and I have been a substitute teacher as have two of my cousins. I know very well how much time teachers put into their work aside from actual in class time.

 

[bohman]

I never said it was an easy job. There's a reason why it's called "work".

I really don't know what the gripe is. I can't grasp it. I know a lot of people, average joe's and degreed, that put in 60-80 hour weeks. I don't see the pity party for them.

What about the people that work right up to, but not quite 40 hours, in retail. They don't have health insurance, they usually work weekends and holidays, and you want people to feel sympathetic to the plight of teachers?

The teachers that I know don't want a "pity party" - they simply want people to get over the mistaken idea that teachers work less than other professionals.