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"so that they only work 9 months a year" Which, of course, they don't.

• parasitius 15y ago
  Exactly :) They work nine months their first year to hash out lesson plans and then repeat those plans thirty years till retirement
• anamax 15y ago
  > Which, of course, they don't. That's right - many of them have summer jobs.
  • _delirium 15y ago
    In some places that's possible, but in many places it's pretty impractical. At the high school I attended, summer vacation is June 1 - August 22, but teacher in-service days are: June 2-10 (end of semester wrap-up), July 11-15 (make-up days for students who missed finals), and August 15-19 (pre-semester preparation), which leaves two discontiguous 4-week breaks.