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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wouldn't you be happy to get a free day off?
Many people stick with teaching because they love children and learning. It is a calling for some, that doesn't mean that there aren't significant frustrations.  Others stick with it because they trained for it, are in debt, or can't find a "better" job. [/quote]

OP here. I live in Loudoun which gives a ton of pointless snow days, in addition to legitimate ones. It’s fine to secretly celebrate a day off. I think it’s tone deaf to continuously and repeatedly gloat about something that is quite inconvenient to almost anyone that isn’t you. Loudoun teachers in particular seem to really hate working.[/quote]

Nah, I'm not in Loudoun. I think it is everywhere.

In the past, I have tried to advocate for some flexibility with when snow days fall around the "professional days" and "work days" and asked whether grading can't be done on a snow day rather than a work day.  Often, schools are closed due to transportation issues, but every other adult in every other profession is able to safely travel to work (and is expected to). [b]The response is always that teachers can't work on "snow days" because they don't have childcare[/b].  Apparently they are the only ones with that problem.  Don't worry about other parents who have to use all their vacation days for any number of work days, professional days, and other half days on the regular calendar.  If roads are fine for adults in other professions, I just don't see why teachers can't drive to school and do their grading. I'm a big supporter of teachers, but this makes me angry.  [/quote]

I’m one of the teacher PPs (the one with the play comparison) and I never understand this either. Same with the teachers who are shocked every single year that they have to find a camp or something for their kids during our preservice week. I need before care for 15-20 minutes in the mornings but the reality is that I need before care so I pay for it. “But it’s so expensive!” is what I hear from many teachers. Yes, of course it is, but that’s the reality if you need the care. You’re not exempt from needing to pay like every single other parent who needs care just because you work in a school. When I looked for before/after care I made sure it had coverage on days on days where students were off but I had to work. That is no one else’s responsibility besides mine (and my husband’s!). DH has a lot of flexibility in his schedule but he’s on the road a lot and there’s not always a lot of notice so we need to make sure all of our bases are covered.

Teaching is a profession and just because days off for students and teachers often match up, they don’t always and it’s our job as parents to make sure we have coverage for our kids before school, after school, on holidays and on days with inclement weather even if sometimes we are lucky to have those days off in conjunction with our kids’ no school days. The teachers who complain about their own childcare issues give the rest of us a bad name. [/quote]

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