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

[AK-74me]

Since teachers are there in the summer longer than the kids and go back in August before the kids start they end up only getting just over a month of summer vacation. Who cares if the teacher used her personal days to do something she wanted to do, that is what they are there for.

Like has been said, get off your high horse.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Since teachers are there in the summer longer than the kids and go back in August before the kids start they end up only getting just over a month of summer vacation. Who cares if the teacher used her personal days to do something she wanted to do, that is what they are there for.

Like has been said, get off your high horse.

I'll be going after someone's azz if my vacations are limited and I can't have any personal leave because Squirrelldick called the Socialists in Annapolis and they took all that away from me because he's upset that someone takes a vacation instead of babysitting their little snot nosed brat kid all year.

 

[JLS]

We were told that less than 20 students from Choption went off to 4 year universities last year. Thats wonderful

And u think Great Mills or Leonardtowns any better ?? I think they are all great schools.

 

[sockgirl77]

And u think Great Mills or Leonardtowns any better ?? I think they are all great schools.

Psst...she's been proven wrong. Caramelo should go back to Canada. Maybe the teacher work round the clock there.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

Psst...she's been proven wrong. Caramelo should go back to Canada. Maybe the teacher work round the clock there.

 

[itsbob]

Let's use St. Mary's schools as an example. Teachers last day is June 13, first day is August 13. Is that 120 days?

Do weekends count against your vacation time? Why should they count against the teachers?

Well in that case i take it all back..

teachers only get SIXTY days of vacation a year (not to include Christmas and Spring break) and by all means SHOULD get an additional 30 personal leave days (not to include sick time) to take at any time during the year. I mean that would only be fair, as the students parents, I'm sure, all get NINETY days off a year..

 

[itsbob]

Psst...she's been proven wrong. Caramelo should go back to Canada. Maybe the teacher work round the clock there.

I'm not sure, but maybe they DO have 12 month school years there. But I guess that would depend on where in Canada.

 

[JLS]

My niece is graduating from a local public high school this year and she's been given a $50,000 scholarship from a Carolina college she applied to...

Congrats!!

 

[itsbob]

Apparently, that's what we're in for if Annapolis listens to this douche bag.

And what would be the problem with having year round school?

As a parent, I absolutely don't have a problem with it.

 

[JLS]

4 year colleges are overflowing with money to give to students from rural areas who are able to get in. GIVE

I tried to get some and I couldn't get a freakin cent?!?!?

 

[LateApex]

awesome

I was showing an example that not all people who go to public schools "flip burgers."

I had no aspirations of going to college. Back when I was in school my mother was a single parent raising two kids. I remember we hardly had money - let alone money to save up for college.

I joined the military because I had no direction and didn't want to waste away at home.

While in the military I went to a junior college to get some credits. I got my 2 year degree - applied to Stanford for ####s and giggles - got in but had no money to attend.

Went on to a 4 year college when I got out.

Been working for 5 years now and make enough money where I don't have worry about my kids schooling.

In all honesty I think teachers are underpaid. Think about it... We entrust our children to teachers at a very young age. We expect them to teach our kids, and often times, nurture them during their early years.

We pay them peanuts and expect to attract the brightest talent?!?!

We under pay them and we expect them to put their heart and soul into their job?!?!

Don't get me wrong - there are some wonderful teachers out there. But, if we hope to put out students that will be bright enough to compete with the other world powers - we need to seriously think about revamping the public schooling system.

I don't even want to start about the private sector.

Private school does not equal success.

 

[terbear1225]

Well in that case i take it all back..

teachers only get SIXTY days of vacation a year (not to include Christmas and Spring break) and by all means SHOULD get an additional 30 personal leave days (not to include sick time) to take at any time during the year. I mean that would only be fair, as the students parents, I'm sure, all get NINETY days off a year..

as several people have tried to point out to you, while teachers may not be required to come in to school during those days, most of us are still working on planning for the next year, taking classes to maintain our certification, or working on other school related assignments that we don't have time for during the school year. and I don't know a single teacher that doesn't use Christmas and Spring break to do grading and planning.

I am not trying to say that teaching is bad or that teachers are overburdened, we did choose our careers and most of us love it BUT you seem to be under the misguided opinion that we all sit on our a#@ and do nothing whenever we are no in a school building. try teaching for a year and you'll discover just how wrong you are.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

And what would be the problem with having year round school?

As a parent, I absolutely don't have a problem with it.

Just what we need. No time to prepare for the next school year, to replace teachers that abruptly quit, to replace other staff that leave during the summer.

I work in the schools and the summer months are hectic, but it would be flat out catastrophic if Maryland decided to institute year-round schooling.

Having to do server replacement, go between schools to fix stuff kids broke in 110° and not having time to replace the equipment at other locations.

It's not just about the students getting a summer break you know.

 

[bohman]

Thanks, all of you, for the much-needed common sense.

My wife took maternity leave while she was teaching! How dare she! She should have held the baby in until the year ended! After all, the snot nosed kids are all that matters!

Teachers should be at school every single day! How dare they have lives?! Who cares if they probably take work home with them every single day?! They should never be allowed to leave!

They need breaks, too. Unless you think it's cool to never take sick leave or personal days. :shrug: If the teacher has leave, she should be allowed to use it.

Where do you work? We can call and complain when you take a vacation or a sick day

This one is my favorite.

 

[sockgirl77]

And what would be the problem with having year round school?

As a parent, I absolutely don't have a problem with it.

Cheaper daycare.

 

[bohman]

Just what we need. No time to prepare for the next school year, to replace teachers that abruptly quit, to replace other staff that leave during the summer.

I work in the schools and the summer months are hectic, but it would be flat out catastrophic if Maryland decided to institute year-round schooling.

Having to do server replacement, go between schools to fix stuff kids broke in 110° and not having time to replace the equipment at other locations.

It's not just about the students getting a summer break you know.

You couldn't be more right. My father works for the Cecil B.o.E, and he can't take vacation time during the summer. There is far too much work to do.

 

[AndyMarquisLIVE]

You couldn't be more right. My father works for the Cecil B.o.E, and he can't take vacation time during the summer. There is far too much work to do.

Well, I can.

We have to take our vacation in the summertime because we all have to be around when school starts back up. That adds to the aggravation of summer when you have to cover for someone else who's on vacation, but they'd rather us do that rather than take our vacation while the kids are in school. I've had my summer vacations turned down, twice, because of scheduling conflicts.

Overworked and underpaid.

 

[itsbob]

Just what we need. No time to prepare for the next school year, to replace teachers that abruptly quit, to replace other staff that leave during the summer.

I work in the schools and the summer months are hectic, but it would be flat out catastrophic if Maryland decided to institute year-round schooling.

Having to do server replacement, go between schools to fix stuff kids broke in 110° and not having time to replace the equipment at other locations.

It's not just about the students getting a summer break you know.

So how do other cities, counties and COUNTRIES do it??

How do BUSINESSES do it? They don't shut down for 2 months to upgrade their servers, or fix workstations.. And if you think kids are hard on computers, try doing network Admin for 500+ engineers that think they know about networking and computers..

 

[awpitt]

And what would be the problem with having year round school?

As a parent, I absolutely don't have a problem with it.

I went to year round school when I lived in Colorado and I liked it. Mainly because I was out of school during nicer times of the year besides the hot summer. It was still a 180 day school year. the difference was that the vacations were smaller and spread throughout the year. It was on a rotation like 8 weeks at school and then 2 weeks off. I can't remember the exact numbers though.

 

[terbear1225]

year round school really isn't a bad idea, as long as the school buildings are designed for it. some schools still don't have AC so school in the summer is not an option. other than that, there are certainly some significant advantages.