[Crimson Dynamo]

How do you feel about all the holidays teachers get. Should they be forced to work for the community good during the holidays that are designed for children?

[Smithy]

no? teachers work hard, it's not like they're paid during the summer holidays like most people are when they take holiday from work

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Smithy

no? teachers work hard, it's not like they're paid during the summer holidays like most people are when they take holiday from work

we all work hard.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

we all work hard.

So?

Not all jobs are the same. Shock horror.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

So?

Not all jobs are the same. Shock horror.

yes but i am saying should this profession ,who get huge holidays be forced to work for the community good.?

Litter picking and care for elderly

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

yes but i am saying should this profession ,who get huge holidays be forced to work for the community good.?

Litter picking and care for elderly

You know, when the kids go off school on these holidays the teachers workload doesn't just stop until the kids come back?

I remember in high school, the teachers were back in almost 2 whole weeks before the end of the summer break.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Smithy

no? teachers work hard, it's not like they're paid during the summer holidays like most people are when they take holiday from work

I think they get an annual salary do are paid for holidays?

[joeysteele]

No.

[AnnieK]

No the teachers don't but the kids do

Make them litter pick during the holidays....or send em back down the mines

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by AnnieK

No the teachers don't but the kids do

Make them litter pick during the holidays....or send em back down the mines

they do get far too many holiday. I mean easter and october should be cancelled. It sets a bad example for later life

[Mokka]

I don't know what it's like there

But here my kids teachers apply for unemployment benefits in the summer... I have even heard of them applying for it during the Christmas break. Plus most of them take 2 to 4 weeks holidays during the school year leaving the kids with substitutes that have no idea what is going on.

Yeah, something about how that all goes down bothers me

[Kazanne]

I get paid in the holidays,ok I am only a TA,but still get paid as I presume teachers do.

[Jøsh]

Ahem.

[Livia]

My friend is a primary teacher. She works one extra week per year, and she's not alone.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

My friend is a primary teacher. She works one extra week per year, and she's not alone.

So?

All professions work differently.

Let's lynch people who work in a job which provides a different working pattern to my own.

[Cherie]

Love school holiday,don't know how anyone manages on 5 weeks, oh and we get long service days in term time

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Love school holiday,don't know how anyone manages on 5 weeks, oh and we get long service days in term time

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Love school holiday,don't know how anyone manages on 5 weeks, oh and we get long service days in term time

[Ammi]

..hmmm maybe some do or get much more holidays than others and earn more money as well because not all teachers do work through holidays or as minimum as they can...but some work from around 7am-7pm each school day and without lunch breaks... and also many weekends with out of school activities and events...there is also things that happen in schools/on school premises that can't happen while the pupils are there so some teachers have to be in school for those as well...

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Ammi

..hmmm maybe some do or get much more holidays than others and earn more money as well because not all teachers do work through holidays or as minimum as they can...but some work from around 7am-7pm each school day and without lunch breaks... and also many weekends with out of school activities and events...there is also things that happen in schools/on school premises that can't happen while the pupils are there so some teachers have to be in school for those as well...

Oi, don't you come in here with your reasoned arguments...

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

So?

All professions work differently.

Let's lynch people who work in a job which provides a different working pattern to my own.

No, let's not lynch them. That's a step too far, Marshy.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

No, let's not lynch them. That's a step too far, Marshy.

A light spanking?

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

A light spanking?

Just a normal weekend then.

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

A light spanking?

School was very different back in your day...

[Will.]

At my school teachers are paid in holidays, they get 17 weeks holiday break - which is a lot considering some people don't even have 2 weeks, but most of the teachers work hard.