> This is a really optimistic look on the system. Yes, teachers do get long breaks, but they often have to plan, grade, etc during those breaks. Yeah, I noted

> This is a really optimistic look on the system. Yes, teachers do get long breaks, but they often have to plan, grade, etc during those breaks. Yeah, I noted that. Even with the sometimes-long hours during the school year and their not actually having the whole Summer off, it's still better than the US norm of "after you've been here 6 months you can start accruing 10 paid vacation days per year—and once you've been here 5 years (LOL) you'll go up to 15! And no, you can't bank them." > Despite how neutered unions are in some states, Yeah, when I read about "out of control teachers' unions!" it always reinforces just how widely this varies. It be awesome if the ones around here would get a little more "out of control". Maybe all the pay freezes and abuses (of exactly the general sort you note) would stop. I'm pretty sure the folks here have totally forgotten that they even could strike.