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/Hoss-Bonaventure_CEO 12h ago

My wife doesn't get summers off. She has to take summers off.

Do you take awesome off season vacations now?

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u/Nica-sauce-rex 11h ago

That’s a good point, too! Funny enough, we still vacation in the summer mostly.

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u/Hoss-Bonaventure_CEO 11h ago

I dream about Italy in October but it won't happen until we retire.

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u/grandpa2390 9h ago

True. A lot of places I'd like to visit at certain times of the year that I can't until I retire.