most males making $90-100K a year get 2-5 weeks of vacation per year, depending on how many years they've worked for the same company
I think teachers should get paid more, but they do get more time off than most
and the benefit package is usually solid, especially the retirement plan
My wife was a teacher her first three years we were married. The whole, they get 3 months off a year is mostly an inflated claim. First off, here they get out of school in very late May or the first part of June. They usually are required to work a few extra days once school is over, clean their rooms, administrative duties, and so forth.
Then, they are required to keep their certification up by attending various training activities and conferences. It’s not trivial. They usually require them to do a little traveling to get to these seminars and conferences, not far but it could be maybe 40 minute drive or maybe an hour or more, it depends on where it is etc. The district doesn’t reimburse anything for travel or fuel. At least not ours.
They do usually get a solid two months off during the summer, but I don’t think they get any “ vacation “ at all once school starts. Only a few sick days. Almost any person in the corporate world gets at least a month off from work in a year. I get about 220 hours off, which works out to about a month and a half. Of course, new hires get less, usually about 100-140 hours off.
The other thing that drove her nuts was how much work you had to do outside of your regular hours. Unpaid, of course. I’m talking about covering events like athletic events, school functions.
