What teachers really want to tell parents.

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

Nonsnarky questions, did someone in this thread try to say that you are making too much money as a teacher?

No, I think its just that some people (so far no one on GC) think that teachers do make too much money. They use the excuse "oh they are off for 3 months in the summer" and "they only work until 3pm", stuff like that. Which isn't really true anymore.

More and more schools are going year round. When I worked year round I started back late July/Early August. I got 1-2 (depending on the district) weeks off in October. 2-3 (again district) weeks off for Christmas and then 1-2 weeks off for spring break. We then had 6 weeks off for summer vacation (if that as most teachers tried to work over the summer for extra money).

With the DOD, I'm on a typical school calendar and I believe my summer vacation was like 10-11 weeks. My last day was June 15 and I reported back August 22. I then get 2 weeks for Christmas.