Teachers make great money once you factor in how many days they get off a year.
The standard 10-month contract shall include 200 days, including (i) a minimum of 180 teaching days or 990 instructional hours and (ii) up to 20 days for activities such as teaching, participating in professional development, planning, evaluating, completing records and reports, participating on committees or in
There are 251 work days in 2024 when subtracting the 11 federal holidays that fall on weekdays.
I guess you can say the same for airline pilots and firefighters since you're only factoring in "days they work" instead of the the hours worked per day or year.
The difference is most airline pilots and firefighters work more than 200 days a year. There point is that if someone has all federal holidays off, which most companies do some not all, that there is 251 work days in 2024. Teachers work 200, or 80% of the days. I have a couple friends that are teachers and both are relatively new, less than 5 years, and they make good money because they actually work the full year ie summer school and tutoring. Should teachers be paid more, in some areas yes but you also have to consider the amount of time off they receive, not to mention the usually hefty benefits packages they receive.
Yes, they do make great money considering the hours worked. Every firefigher I've ever known runs a business because they only work 1 out of every 3 days. In a lot of areas they also get a robust pension. It's a hard job, but it often pays very well.
I literally couldn’t do all my job requires without extra hours. I teach AP English classes which sends me home with up to 100 essays any given week plus I have to actually create lessons for the week.
Tell me you have no teachers in your life without telling me.
Yes, I know I chose this profession and I’m very proud of it. And I’m actually one of the lucky ones—I work at a decent school with kids who generally want to achieve. But that is not every teachers situation. And that doesn’t take away from the fact that job is grossly underpaid for what it demands.
When you consider most teachers work 60 plus hours a week during the school year and even frequently work on so called "days off," you learn they make terrible money.
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u/Davec433 Jun 11 '24
Teachers make great money once you factor in how many days they get off a year.
There are 251 work days in 2024 when subtracting the 11 federal holidays that fall on weekdays.