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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]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)27. You need to talk to an actual teacher, or a seasonal worker in a different field.
Teachers can often request that their school's business department distribute their pay over 12 months but that is NOT being paid for not working anymore than a crabber who distributes their pay over 12 months is paid for not fishing.
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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