Point #1 We work a gazillion hours.
My first year of teaching i kept track of how much time I spent at school or home working. I averaged 42 hours a week, if I worked 49weeks a year (holidays and vacation of the typical American) but I don't. I am contracted for 181 work days.
Let's do some math : 42 hrs x 49 weeks = 2,058 hours.
181 days (my contract) x 8hrs (7:45 -3:45)= 1,448 hrs
Whoa, so my actual work hours are over my total time...when did I do the rest of it?
Evenings, weekends and summers. Yes, I spent 610 hours out side my contract time that is, theoretically, 3.3 additional hours per contract day.
But teachers have summers off.
Yes. We get paid terribly but we get TIME. Unfortunately a lot of that time is spent planning, attending conferences and professional development.
CEO's work a lot of hours, they get lots of time off, but they get paid significantly better.
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