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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is all so foreign to me. I’m a teacher so rarely take leave during the contract year. DH is a law firm partner, so doesn’t even track his leave because he’s still responsible for his client matters and typically works on vacation, even if it’s just to check email/texts and delegate specific tasks to others. Some times he has to work a lot on vacation, other times just a little each day.[/quote]

I’m also a teacher. I used to save all of my leave, figuring it reflects poorly on me to leave my students. I’ve since changed my mind. I have leave and it’s there for me to use. I only get one trip on this planet and work can’t be more important than living.

The responses on this thread almost unanimously say to take the leave. That should apply to teachers, as well. [/quote]

Teachers get weeks/ months off in the summer and vacations in the school year.  If it’s a medical reason sure or a day here or there but to take 1-2 weeks off during the school year would make me question a teacher (and my entire in -law family are public school teachers or administrators all of them.  The one who pulls this kind of stuff we can’t stand).

It’s different because you get leave!  You get a week at the end of the year and either a spring break or if you’re in New England a break in Feb and April.  Plus weeks in the summer!

My son had a teacher who took off a week in connection with spring break so 2 weeks after her wedding for her honeymoon.  We all understood!  But the sub did an awful job and they were basically behind when the teacher came back.  The other class had a teacher who was out for 2 months and that sub again didn’t do a good job and every child was behind in math and reading.

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I’m the PP. We’re going to have to disagree on this.

Teaching is a job, just like any other. I didn’t give away my life when I signed my contract. My family and my health are always going to be more important than my job. It should be that way for you, and it should be that way for me.

Yes, I have an ***unpaid*** summer of 8 weeks, most of which I use to take the coursework I need to maintain my certification. It’s also the time I use for most of my own appointments and procedures because it’s difficult to take leave as a teacher. It’s a DCUM misconception that summers are lazy, paid months for teachers.

If an opportunity comes up to LIVE —  visiting a family member from far away, seeing my child off to college, or taking the once in a lifetime vacation… I’m doing it without hesitation.

I reject the idea that saying teaching is a “calling” or a “vocation” means that we are held to different standards than other professionals. And I reject the idea I’m somehow a “bad teacher” because I don’t put my students before my family. [/quote]

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