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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I don't have a problem with teachers not working when classes are cancelled[/b].  BUT, this attitude bugs me.  And it reveals that it actually IS seen as a free paid day off.  As though it is some sort of bonus for them.  It isn't.  Snow days are an unfortunate necessity.
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I'm fine with them not working. What mildly annoys me is reveling in it, or treating it like they "deserve" a day off and the snow day provides it.[/quote]

That's fair.  I'm a teacher, and snow days are definitely a bonus, a "perk" of being a teacher, and one I enjoy a lot.

You know what silly thing about being a teacher I don't like?  Not being able to go out with friends or coworkers for lunch.  My friends who work in offices downtown can go out and meet friends for lunch every once in a while.  My schools are always in the suburbs and nowhere near any kind of a restaurant, cafe or even drive through .. certainly not something we could get to and get back in 30 minutes.

So, probably your job has some perks like that, too... teachers' perk is snow days![/quote]

Another teacher here. You guys get 30 minute lunches??? Ours are scheduled for 25, but we walk the kids down to the cafeteria and pick them back up. My classroom is on the opposite side of the school and there are always stragglers or kids who want to talk to me or who need something last minute, so I average about 13 minutes for lunch on a good day.[/quote]

I have an 18-minute lunch (they shortened it to make more room in the cafeteria because of covid). There are always stragglers leaving the classroom when the lunch bell rings. I don't even bother trying to eat. [/quote]

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