Teachers ONLY work half a year....

I hear people say it all the time and it drives me crazy because it simply isn't true. Yes, I am required by contract to be in a school building and teach about 185 days each year. However, that does not include the nights I go to basketball games, chaperone dances, or advise a club. It doesn't include classes I take or professional developments that I attend to make sure that I am the best teacher that I can be....

It also doesn't include the Sundays that I sit home all day writing IEPs or grading papers. It doesn't take into account the early mornings or late afternoons that I am at school helping students. So, before this little phrase slips out of your mouth again, consider all of these things and then consider this:

Any other full time job works out to be about as follows:

5 days a week X 50 weeks (2 weeks for vacation) = 250 days

In many jobs, when you leave, you are gone without responsibilities outside of the day.

Just a reminder that a GOOD teacher does NOT only work for 1/2 a year.....