Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If it makes you feel any better, I’ve not taken 1 sick day for myself. I’ve used my 5 personal days each year for family/kids things (graduation, etc) and only a few sick days for kid reasons.
Why are you pandering to this? Who cares if you took 5 days for yourself or your kids or whatever. EVERY JOB that’s salaried includes days off, nobody has to justify using them.
Yes, but very few teachers are part of the Legacy plan. They would already have to have 20 years of uninterrupted service to be part of that plan. There aren't many left.
Most salaried jobs are based on a schedule of 5 days per week, 52 weeks per year. The reason PTO exists is to allow workers to choose which days to take off. Teachers have a contract based on roughly 40 weeks a year with sick days and personal days for emergencies. They also end their work day earlier than 5pm and presumably can make appointments during that time. My mom was a teacher for 40 years and rarely took days off except when she was truly sick. She took 1 personal day my senior year for my awards assembly.
So your mother was a martyr.
My personal days are not just for emergencies. If I decide I’d like to visit a relative, I have that right. I am not chained to my desk, no matter how much you may want me to be.
I’m tired of the idea the only way to be a good teacher is to give up my own wants and needs. I worked that way for many years, pulling 65 or 70 hours weeks. I realized the more I gave, the more I was expected to give.
So I pulled back. I (gasp) take my leave. I stay home when my kids are sick. I make that 2pm doctors appointment so I don’t have to wait another two months for the next available 4:30pm one.
I’m a very good teacher, but I’m not going to bend over backwards for this job anymore.