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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you ever think about the teachers who don’t visit the doctor because they want to be present everyday?

Do they die earlier because of lack of medical care?

Would it matter to OP if it meant her kid had more consistency?[/quote]

I’m not OP but do you get the impression doctors only work 185 days per year?[/quote]

DP. My doctor works 3 days a week and has canceled two of my appointments this year last minute, making it ridiculously hard to reschedule since I’m limited to the last appointment of the day due to my teaching schedule.

The work flexibility she enjoys makes my life harder and keeps me from medical care.

But I’m not on here screaming about how “all doctors” create convenient schedules for themselves at the expense of their patients. You know… kind of like a poster here is screaming that teachers are enjoying vacations, etc., instead of using leave for more serious purposes. [/quote]

I mean a poster is literally suggesting that OP wants teachers to die for lack of medical care, as though even if they taught all 195 days of their contract, there would not be plenty of days for medical care. Seems a little hysterical.[/quote]

No, the PP “literally” didn’t say that. Don’t be ridiculous.

But it is true that it’s difficult for teachers to schedule medical appointments without missing class. Sorry, it just is. “No, that won’t work. What about next month? Anything after 4:30 is great. The month after that?”

Guess when doctors’ offices are open? On school days. And those holidays you love to point out? If the office is open, that is 100% the day I try to get. But I usually can’t because they are closed or booked solid.

I schedule the big things (colonoscopies, etc) for the summer. But you know what? Sometimes my medical needs don’t coincide with summer. [/quote]

No doctors office in this area closes for 39 days between August and June please be serious. Nor are they booked solid for Eid. You are making teachers look entitled and yourself look absurd by trying to suggest a profession with incredible amounts of time off on weekdays is unable to access medical care. [/quote]

I get frustrated when people who are outside of the profession speak as if they are experts. I snorted at your notion of “incredible amounts of time off on weekdays.” You are laughably ignorant of a teacher’s true schedule.

If saying it’s hard to make appointments after 4:30 makes me “entitled,” then I’ll happily own it. This just ventured into silliness. 
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If you teach in Fairfax County, you have 39 weekdays days off between August and June. Most professions don’t offer 39 days off between January and December. Check your privilege.[/quote]

It’s amazing to me that we are such a privileged profession, yet we can’t keep classrooms filled. Perhaps it isn’t quite as flexible as you’d like to believe from your position outside looking in?

Because until I see people rushing to share in all this glorious privilege (like having to take a whole day of leave for a 45 minute appointment AND having to work just to take off), then I’m going to assume you’re just blowing hot air. [/quote]

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