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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am jealous that teachers get summers and all holidays off, but I wouldn't ever want to be in that profession. [/quote]

You're jealous of unpaid time?  How strange.[/quote]
Not really strange. It’s that I could not [i]keep[/i] my job and take that much LWOP. [/quote]

I’m a teacher and I don’t see it as a perk. I feel I’m forced to use summer for all my doctors’ appts, scheduled procedures, trainings, workshops, etc. because it’s too hard to take leave during the school year.

If I could, I’d trade the unpaid summer for better flexibility. [/quote]

This. Summers off sounds good but the schedule is very inflexible. It's just a trade off. There are times when it's great and times when it would be preferable to work a regular job with PTO you can take when you want.

I also think people overestimate how much time off teachers get in the summer. In our district it is really only about a month due to the PD, training, and room prep days on either end. And hits at the hottest part of the year when it's also most expensive to travel. I'm still glad for it, but I don't know if the people who envy it would enjoy it as much as they think.[/quote]

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