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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just looked at the teachers' contract in the county I live in. It actually provides that [b]teachers may be given a leave of absence, without pay, for up to two years for "child rearing."  [/b]The leave being granted might be a matter of contract that is a benefit that teachers receive, but that other professions do not receive.

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Does it say they can take it at any time? Anyway, I'm fine with it, particularly the "without pay" part.[/quote]

Ditto.  You've got a benefit that you are entitled to take. I haven't seen anyone mad about teachers taking benefits allowed to them.[/quote]

Certainly does put the lie to the idea that teachers are the most put-upon profession. Good salaries, good benefits, 10 month employment, etc.[/quote]

Perhaps posters here should step back, stop whining, and think why this is included in a teacher's contract.

Women go into the teaching profession, work a few years, get married and start having kids. They take maternity leave and when it's time to come back, ultimately decide they want to stay home with their child then go back to a job that is hard, stressful, and thankless. I know so many former teachers who did this. And they were all great teachers and are wonderful parents.

Contracts like the above help keep those women in the workforce, especially when there is a shortage. If parents want great teachers then these are the kind of benefits they need to demand for teachers. And if you want them for yourself, no one is stopping from making it happen. 
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Ahahahaha! I was a teacher for a decade. Then I got a harder and better job. If you believe a teaching job is "hard, stressful, and thankless," try getting a real job with actual responsibility.[/quote]

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