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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] There's no comparison.  Teachers have it way worse.  
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No, way, teachers get holidays off, school breaks off, my son's teacher took off over 16 days last year to deal with family issues so guessing they have vacation & sick leave.  Granted their job has gotten more dangerous but not as bad as cops.[/quote]

After you use your personal/sick days you get docked pay.  So, if it were my school, the teacher would have been taking pay without leave after her 2nd personal day (provided she wasn't sick - we have liberal sick leave, as long as it is substantiated with a doctor's note if it is more than 1 day at a time).  As a teacher, I routinely work 50-60 hours a week during the school year, and spend my "breaks and holidays" planning, grading & attending professional development.  So, let's say I work just an extra 10 hours per week during the school year … that's about 360 extra hours, which works out to 9 extra weeks of 40-hour work weeks … so, what's that about summer vacation?  Yes, it is a perk to get time to spend with my kids (many of my colleagues actually work all summer to compensate for low salary), but don't think I'm getting paid for less hours of work ...[/quote]

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