Teacher took yesterday off to be at the white house egg roll...

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Anonymous wrote:Acting like its somehow surprising or unjust that you lose your leave = entitled

I mean go ahead and use it but yeah of course you don't get to cash out decades of hoarded leave upon retirement

The point is the teacher may as well use it. There's no reason to save it.

Did you use yours?

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Anonymous wrote:Acting like its somehow surprising or unjust that you lose your leave = entitled

I mean go ahead and use it but yeah of course you don't get to cash out decades of hoarded leave upon retirement

My mother was able to cash in her unused leave at retirement so it's not unheard of.

VERY unusual even if not unheard of.

And your point is?

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Anonymous wrote:Acting like its somehow surprising or unjust that you lose your leave = entitled

I mean go ahead and use it but yeah of course you don't get to cash out decades of hoarded leave upon retirement

The point is the teacher may as well use it. There's no reason to save it.

Did you use yours?

This.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Acting like its somehow surprising or unjust that you lose your leave = entitled

I mean go ahead and use it but yeah of course you don't get to cash out decades of hoarded leave upon retirement

The point is the teacher may as well use it. There's no reason to save it.

Did you use yours?

No I lose tons of leave every year, I get 20 days which I just couldn't possibly blow through

I totally agree that every teacher should use it, especially for cool experiences like the egg thing, and also agree that OP sucks, but posts like PPs like teachers are poor abused souls because they can't hoard leave over decades plays into the whole "teachers are lazy entitled government bloat" stereotype

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a teacher, and I think that what your child's teacher did was somewhat ridiculous.

I do not respect my colleagues who miss school for non-essential reasons, and who take random days off for facetious reasons. It is disruptive to the kids, and robs them of learning time, and...we get many more days off each year than most other professions! I think it is really selfish, and it also signals to the kids and their parents that the teacher is not professional (and maybe encourages those who don't think teachers deserve professional respect).

My two laziest colleagues, the ones who cut the most corners and do the least amount of work when they ARE in school, are also the ones who take the most days off.

And yes, I really am a teacher.

? It's a personal vacation day. As long as she didn't use a sick day, I'm ok with it. And likely she gave enough notice to take off this day.

I'm the PP (teacher). We get enough vacation days! Taking a random "vacation day" during which the kids are in school means a wasted day for them: if we worked in an office, taking an extra vacation day here or there would be a different matter entirely because it would not waste the time of so many other people. Also, while we do usually get subs for absent teachers at my independent school, other teachers are often inconvenienced because there are programs or activities that the sub just can't do (such as coaching duties or helping with drama rehearsal, or working after school with kids who need extra help).

Are there no personal days allowed? I agree, vacation days are built in, but I thought there were personal days given to teachers as well.

I don't know where the OP is located, but FCPS allows teachers 5 personal days a year.

My wife is a teacher. This is her 10th year with FCPS, but had 11 years elsewhere prior to working for the district. Guess what she will get for unused leave when she retires? Nothing, zilch, zero. All unused leave is forfeited. There is really no incentive to hold on to more than 20 days since that is what has to be used before short term disability kicks in. She has a lot more saved than that because it is a PITA to make sub plans, but I can see why people use them. The 5 personal days are a benefit. May as well use them.

Uh idk if you know how weirdly entitled your post comes off but I've only ever lived in the private sector and always used or lost my leave at the end of the year

What's "weirdly entitled" is thinking you have the right to bitch about when & how your kids' teachers use the time off afforded to them by their contracts .

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Anonymous wrote:Acting like its somehow surprising or unjust that you lose your leave = entitled

I mean go ahead and use it but yeah of course you don't get to cash out decades of hoarded leave upon retirement

The point is the teacher may as well use it. There's no reason to save it.

Did you use yours?

No I lose tons of leave every year, I get 20 days which I just couldn't possibly blow through

I totally agree that every teacher should use it, especially for cool experiences like the egg thing, and also agree that OP sucks, but posts like PPs like teachers are poor abused souls because they can't hoard leave over decades plays into the whole "teachers are lazy entitled government bloat" stereotype

Who said teachers are "poor & abused souls" because of this? I think you are reading way too much into that one PP's comment.

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Anonymous wrote:What school system was open on Easter Monday?

What school system was open?! All of the schools that I know were open yesterday.

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Anonymous wrote:What school system was open on Easter Monday?

What school system was open?! All of the schools that I know were open yesterday.

Do you even live in the DC area? FCPS-a huge system- was closed.

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Trooooooooollllllllllllll poooooooooooooooooooossssssssssssssttttttttttt!!!

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Teachers get PTO and vacation days, too.

If you can't deal with it, then home school.

So teachers get vacation days in addition to the designated "school vacation days"? I'm not trying to sound rude, this is just surprising to me.

Well I get off Presidents Day and whatnot plus vacation, don't you?

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Anonymous wrote:What school system was open on Easter Monday?

What school system was open?! All of the schools that I know were open yesterday.

Do you even live in the DC area? FCPS-a huge system- was closed.

Don't know any kids there. APS, ACPS, and some DC privates were open.

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Anonymous wrote:So she can only use her vacation days for trips that you approve of?

+1,000,000

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Good for her - that's a once in a lifetime experience for her kids!

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If you ask me, the teacher's only mistake was telling people where she was going--she certainly has a right to take the time off that she's been given. She was probably excited, since everyone knows how hard those tickets are to get, but she should have kept quiet due to parents like OP.

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A perfect example of why there's teacher burnout. It's not the kids or the curriculum. It's entitled parents like OP. Thankfully, in all the years I've taught, I've only had one or two doozies for parents. The rest have been absolutely fantastic. But those one or two just really stick with you.