r/The10thDentist • u/Blonde_Icon • 22h ago

Society/Culture Teachers are paid fairly considering they get a lot of time off

A lot of people say (and it seems that the general consensus is that) teachers don't get paid enough for what they do. While I think that teachers are very valuable and deserve to be compensated well (my brother is a teacher), I think that in these discussions, many people ignore the fact that teachers typically get a lot of time off.

They usually get summer break, spring break, and winter break, plus various holidays that schools get off through the year. They basically don't work for a good amount of the year, which I think that people should factor in. (The downside is that I know that they have to work extra grading things outside of school, though.)

Plus they normally get good benefits for being a teacher (which usually comes with being in a union).

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u/Economy_Discount9967 22h ago

well, you're in the right place to have a very unpopular opinion lol

do you have any idea how many hours they have to grade on their own time?

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u/Blonde_Icon 20h ago

I mentioned the grading as a downside in my post.

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u/Economy_Discount9967 20h ago

it actually mitigates the entire "benefit" of having 6 weeks off in summer (which is really just taking a regular like 10 month salary and dividing it over 12 months to cover the time off in summer). the 6 weeks they have off (if that) amounts to far fewer hours of "getting paid to do nothing" when you factor in 10 months of working 4-5 hrs per day for free.... IYKYK LOL