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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So this may be an unpopular opinion and I have many family members who are teachers and agree with me so this is in no way meant to not show support for teachers, but it is a reality.

Teacher contracts are based on a 195-day contract which is 39 weeks. This is 75% of a full year.

Conversely, I am a small govt worker and my contract is based off a 52 week calendar.  With more than 25 years of experience, I make about 2/3 of what a teacher with the same level of experience/education makes and receive about 1/2 of the market rate adjustment raises that teachers in FCPS receive each year.

So as a fellow government employee working in the same jurisdiction, I work more weeks, more hours (my job also requires me to work some nights and weekends) and get paid less and receive lower raises than teachers.

Teaching has become a very thankless job and many people like myself acknowledge the challenges and frustrations of being a teacher, but let's stop pretending that teachers are on an island when it comes to being underpaid and underappreciated.[/quote]

I work 65 hours a week for 40 weeks a year: 2,600 hours

A person who works 12 months (50 weeks) at 40 hours/week: 2,000 hours

Let’s say I have a 12 month job (50 weeks/year) and work 50 hours a week, going over time every week by 10 hours: 2,500 hours

Therefore, many teachers work FAR MORE than a year’s worth of work. They do it in a condensed 10 months before taking an unpaid summer to recover.

And NOBODY is saying teachers are on an island. We aren’t saying others have it easy. We are simply saying we have it hard. Interesting that everybody has to come at us. How about, “you’re right. You do work hard, too. We see you.”

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