I get so tired of people gritching that "teachers get all summer off" We get paid for 186 days

[Honeycombe8]

52. Well, aren't those hours as reported by teachers for work done away from school?

I'm not sure that that's as reliable as workers who log hours at an office, which can be verified. Then it compares hours worked by others for 48 weeks a year? Don't most people work 50 weeks a year?

I guess I work well over the average. My base hours are about 2,000. Then there's the O.T. I have to work. And I probably spend a little time every week just checking office emails from home, phone calls to check on projects, and such.

I wouldn't want to grade papers at home, like teachers. What a pain. But they know that going into the job, as well as what it pays. Teachers do a wonderful job. No doubt about it. And there's a war against them right now, which we must fight against. But don't try to tell me they don't get summer vacation.

I'd be okay with teachers getting raises and having to work summers, since they believe they are not paid for summers already. But I don't guess we would have enough jobs for them to do in the summer.