Why do teachers have such a good deal with a short workday and all summer to vacation?
These are parts of the misconception that surrounds the teaching profession. Teachers have an official workday of 7 hours and 35 minutes, however that of course does not include all of the additional duties that everyone knows teachers have such as: contacting parents, grading papers, designing lesson plans and adapting curriculum to their students needs. In addition, teachers are not paid for any days they do not work. Yes, you heard that right! No pay of holidays. No pay for vacations. No pay for the summer. But of course we all know that they get a paycheck year round. Not correct. Teachers are paid ten times a year. The reason that they receive the same amount each of those 10 times is because their yearly salary is pro-rated over that time. Moreover, if a teacher doesnt save for the summer or take another job that teacher will have no income for two months time! Indeed many teachers work second and even third jobs to make ends meet during the summer and more and more now have to d
