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Originally Posted by stan the man
Not bad for a part time job ....Also negotiated is a calendar work year that limits teachers to 181 work days. Most Americans work 245 days per year meaning teachers get nearly 13 weeks more vacation time than the typical US worker. Michael Robertson: The Myth of the Underpaid Teacher
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It is not a part time job. It is a full time job with mandatory overtime. That 181 days is days that the teacher spends in the classroom, not the days the teacher works.
Teachers are expected to work outside the classroom on lesson plans, grading papers, continuing education, mandatory upkeep on certifications, scheduling, parent-teacher meetings, field trips. That "vacation" time usually results in being little more than the same 4 weeks that most full-time people get after they've been working for a few years in the same company.
Except teachers work MUCH more than 7.5 hours per day, and they are responsible for the lives of children. School children spend more time with teachers than they spend with their own parents, in most cases.