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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Curious.  
My kid has to email a quick question to a teacher from last year regarding class placement this year.  
The teacher is great and my kid and he were on very good terms last year.  
Before he sends an email, I was wondering if teachers commonly check their school address on a regular basis over the summer (at least now in August). 
The teacher is young and probably email savvy. 
Does your school address dump into your personal address or vice versa?
Thanks so much![/quote]

Do you have email from your work go to your personal email and personal phone? Why is this an expectation for teachers? Particularly over the summer?[/quote]

Yeah, this is a weird burn. I’d guess well over 50% of DC professionals check & respond to work email daily, if not more frequently, including on weekends, holidays and vacations. [/quote]

No one should be expected to check or respond to work questions outside of work hours.  Not during evenings, weekends or vacations.  I know there's a few professions that are required to be "on call", but most are not and should not be.  I am a teacher and I did check my work email about 2x a week because I wanted to, over the summer.  But last school year, I stopped checking emails after I got home at night and not on weekends either.  I love my job, but I was much happier with some boundaries.[/quote]

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