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In reply to the discussion: I get so tired of people gritching that "teachers get all summer off" We get paid for 186 days [View all]demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)32. I tend to do a lot of hands on projects for end of unit wrap ups
over the course of the year I buy a LOT Of paper, card stock, colored pencils, glue, tape, twine, posterboard, ribbon, and a whole host of other things. I do that because I feel that my students will retain the information a LOT more than just unit tests. It also allows the kids to excel in their natural "multiple intelligence" area. Some write, some are artists, some are organizing phenoms and some speak very well. End of unit projects allows each student to shine in their area.
I also provide pencils, pens and notebook paper just because. I would rather a student have what they need than to fight a pencil battle in class.
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I get so tired of people gritching that "teachers get all summer off" We get paid for 186 days [View all]
demtenjeep
Mar 2012
OP
You have my total admiration and support. Teachers by and large do a remarkable job and certainly
teddy51
Mar 2012
#1
K/R They also don't know that we can't deduct all the supplies we buy, or realize...
NYC_SKP
Mar 2012
#2
Note to public: Teachers d/not get paid tax dollars f/the periods of time school is not in session.
MichiganVote
Mar 2012
#3
Many don't even get there summers off (I know this is a matter of choice) but many go back to school
teddy51
Mar 2012
#7
Except that teachers don't even get paid for there 2000 hours per year. They don't get
teddy51
Mar 2012
#12
Probably many actually do get an extra job in the summer to augment there income's. n/t
teddy51
Mar 2012
#13
Don't listen to the ignorance. I know my brother use to be a teacher until he retired.
southernyankeebelle
Mar 2012
#14
That's just how they divide up the checks. Depends on the way you look at it:
Honeycombe8
Mar 2012
#48
You need to talk to an actual teacher, or a seasonal worker in a different field.
NYC_SKP
Mar 2012
#27
so you actually DO get paid for not working yet you criticize teachers who actually DON'T....
mike_c
Mar 2012
#66
So you get fired every year and have to re-apply, so that you're unemployed every summer?
Honeycombe8
Mar 2012
#51
The taxpayers don't have to pay me for my summers, I just wish they'd pay me for what I do.
demtenjeep
Mar 2012
#46
Well, aren't those hours as reported by teachers for work done away from school?
Honeycombe8
Mar 2012
#52