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

bohman

bohman

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Chopticon teacher on a... 02-04-2008 12:47 PM Teachers get 2 weeks during the year, every holiday during the year AND 2 months during the summer.... You think they work comparable to other professionals??

NoName, the answer to your question is - yes. I'm not a teacher, but I am well acquainted with their hours and workload because I'm married to one. I'm not saying that teachers work MORE than other professions. There are plenty of people who work hard. The only point I'm making is people have this mistaken impression that teachers work half as much as they do, and apparently think that the the BOE is handing out free money. "Oh, if only I'd chosen to teach, I'd make a living without working so hard!" :drama:

It's bull####, and I'm not arguing with you anymore. You are obviously the type who can't wrap your head around the idea that there may be more to the issue than what you think you know.
 
Xaquin44

Xaquin44

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NoName said:
Ahh, obviously you didnt have one of your relatives teach you vocabulary, and that is causing you a problem:


There is no such thing as overtime for the Average Joe employee that draws a SALARY either.
So the amount of Overtime a Teacher works, is equal to the amount of overtime Average Joe employee works (some non-teacher sychophants would see it as being part of the job).

The difference is the Teacher starts out working 635 hours less.
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I would say that the average professional doesn't work the amount of overtime a teacher does.

either way, what's your point?

Are you against this teacher taking a vacation?
 
mAlice

mAlice

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Xaquin44 said:
I would say that the average professional doesn't work the amount of overtime a teacher does.
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That would be your opinion based on the people you know. I'm of the opinion that a great deal of people work a lot of overtime, because that's what many people I know, do.
 
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NoName

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bohman said:
Chopticon teacher on a... 02-04-2008 12:47 PM Teachers get 2 weeks during the year, every holiday during the year AND 2 months during the summer.... You think they work comparable to other professionals??

NoName, the answer to your question is - yes. I'm not a teacher, but I am well acquainted with their hours and workload because I'm married to one. I'm not saying that teachers work MORE than other professions. There are plenty of people who work hard. The only point I'm making is people have this mistaken impression that teachers work half as much as they do, and apparently think that the the BOE is handing out free money. "Oh, if only I'd chosen to teach, I'd make a living without working so hard!" :drama:

It's bull####, and I'm not arguing with you anymore. You are obviously the type who can't wrap your head around the idea that there may be more to the issue than what you think you know.
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Nice try, i didnt leave you that Karma. But spout your bull#### where you feel
 
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NoName

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Xaquin44 said:
I would say that the average professional doesn't work the amount of overtime a teacher does.

either way, what's your point?

Are you against this teacher taking a vacation?
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I would say your wrong, but hey i just have experience working for me.

And i never posted anything about the teach taking a vacation, i really dont care as long as the quality of eduction doesnt change because he/she has a sub.
 
This_person

This_person

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Xaquin44 said:
I would say that the average professional doesn't work the amount of overtime a teacher does.
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But, by your own figuring, the teacher HAS to work that just to add up to an average of 40 hours per week for 52, since they work so much less than that (the 52 that is).

Do you see where we're going with this? The teacher's overtime brings them up to equal 40 per 52. Other professions also work overtime (salaried are obviously unpaid), which means they average MORE than 40 per 52. No matter how you spin it, they're considered 10 month employees for a reason. That does NOT in any way mean they don't work hard. Their work is VERY important. Of COURSE they should get vacation time (yes, even during the school year). Those things are undeniable.
 
bohman

bohman

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NoName said:
:doh: i'm really sorry, i really meant to send that to bohman, i'll send you green tomorrow to make up for it
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Good to know. :yay: I can breathe a sigh of relief now that we've straightened that out. I was on pins & needles.
 
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NoName

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bohman said:
Good to know. :yay: I can breathe a sigh of relief now that we've straightened that out. I was on pins & needles.
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your welcome, i didnt want you to get some other karma unsigned and assume that also came from me.

just trying to keep you from making that mistake again
 
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reficul_vs_dog

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just a thought...

Alberta Teachers' Association - In the News - Teachers to be surveyed on hours worked

The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation sponsored a study in 1994/95 to measure the actual time a teacher spends working, including weekends. For the purpose of the survey, two weeks were selected one in November and one in March. One hundred and fifty teachers documented how they spent their time during those two weeks. The results were interesting: teachers worked an average of 47 hours a week. This adds up to about 1,900 hours per year, significantly higher than the average of 1,654 hours per year for people employed by the manufacturing sector, as reported by Labour Canada ("Teacher Time: Education's Critical Resource, Education Canada, by C. LeBlanc, 1994). Considering the fact that these two weeks were in the middle of the term and did not include a lot of report card work, initial planning, organization and year-end work, the average work year likely exceeds 2,000 hours.
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:whistle:

And that was over 10 years ago when there were far less students to grade for/teach than now :shrug:
 
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