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Move to Europe. Most countries guarantee at least 25–30 days (the UK is actually one of the lowest.) In Finland you get 40.

skyhook_mockups 14y ago
Conversations like these make me realise how lucky us teachers are with our 13 weeks of paid vacation time.
- HaloZero 14y ago
  Plus you have days off from school that aren't national federal holidays, Cesar Chavez Day if I remember was one.
  - skyhook_mockups 14y ago
    Well I'm from Australia, so I think there are at least another 5-10 public holidays that i'm not counting.
  - timdiggerm 14y ago
    Which days these are depends entirely on the state and school district, at least in the US. Districts with a low or no Jewish population aren't likely to take Rosh Hashanah off, etc.
    - eli_gottlieb 14y ago
      Ha! Districts outside of New York and LA mostly don't grant Rosh ha'Shanah off even if they do have a substantial Jewish population. Employers do similar: Jewish holidays come out of your vacation time because they're not "company holidays" like Christmas. Just noting, but Massachusetts never really stopped being Puritan. Oy gevalt.
- namdnay 14y ago
  The problem with teaching is that your holidays are the same time as all the families, so you're stuck with the most expensive and crowded periods.
- jrnkntl 14y ago
  That's why they always say there are two reasons to become a teacher: July and August.
smackfu 14y ago
Of course, everyone takes them during the same time, and goes to the same place.
metafunctor 14y ago
In reality, the Finnish average is more like 27-32 days. After your second year of work at a company, you get 5 weeks vacation per year. The official number for this is 30 days, but that's counting Saturdays. Nobody works 6 days per week, so in reality this is 25 days. On top of those 25 days, there are public holidays. On average 7 of them fall on weekdays per year. This gives us a grand total of 32 days per year on average.

skyhook_mockups 14y ago

Conversations like these make me realise how lucky us teachers are with our 13 weeks of paid vacation time.

HaloZero 14y ago
Plus you have days off from school that aren't national federal holidays, Cesar Chavez Day if I remember was one.
- skyhook_mockups 14y ago
  Well I'm from Australia, so I think there are at least another 5-10 public holidays that i'm not counting.
- timdiggerm 14y ago
  Which days these are depends entirely on the state and school district, at least in the US. Districts with a low or no Jewish population aren't likely to take Rosh Hashanah off, etc.
  - eli_gottlieb 14y ago
    Ha! Districts outside of New York and LA mostly don't grant Rosh ha'Shanah off even if they do have a substantial Jewish population. Employers do similar: Jewish holidays come out of your vacation time because they're not "company holidays" like Christmas. Just noting, but Massachusetts never really stopped being Puritan. Oy gevalt.
namdnay 14y ago
The problem with teaching is that your holidays are the same time as all the families, so you're stuck with the most expensive and crowded periods.
jrnkntl 14y ago
That's why they always say there are two reasons to become a teacher: July and August.

smackfu 14y ago

Of course, everyone takes them during the same time, and goes to the same place.

metafunctor 14y ago

In reality, the Finnish average is more like 27-32 days. After your second year of work at a company, you get 5 weeks vacation per year. The official number for this is 30 days, but that's counting Saturdays. Nobody works 6 days per week, so in reality this is 25 days. On top of those 25 days, there are public holidays. On average 7 of them fall on weekdays per year. This gives us a grand total of 32 days per year on average.