1 in 4 U.S. teachers are chronically absent

Fuck. @doctorquant knows how to imbed gifs, but I still don't!

Help me @MisterCreosote!

 

Darn. I can't see the image. I'm sure it is completely useless, but perhaps it would be entertaining.

 

Copy and paste a gif location into the picture thingy, just like you were posting a picture here.

 

Besides cycles, teacher gluts and shortages aren't uniform. You probably won't get to stay in your hometown and teach at the same school you went to as a kid.

 

You say "sick days" but what if it's paid-time off days? In my current job, you "earn" about a day off for every 2 weeks. So if you took all your alloted PTO, you'd average about two "sick" days a month.

Difference is that you can schedule it in advance, with approval of our supervisor, and don't have to fake a calling in with a cough.

Would you fire an employee who is off two Fridays a month for 10 months with manager approval? Is that a harder hardship on you than someone who is takes 15 days vacation throughout the year and calls in sick 5 other times?

 

Really? Wow, that's a ton (it seems to me). That's five weeks of PTO a year. Do you work in Greece?

 

I've taught at two universities in (sort of) destination locations, and I've encountered tons of people who think they'll: A) take an education degree there, so that; B) they can teach in the local school district and sort-of enjoy college for a few more years. Those dreams only rarely work out.

 

I get four weeks of vacation, three personal days and five sick days (bankable), plus my office is closed for the last two weeks of December (so an extra 10 days or so off). We also get seven or so other paid holidays. No, I'm not a teacher.

Edited to add: on the other hand, I'm pretty much on call 24-7-365, including during all of that time off, so there's a tradeoff.

 

Somebody works in advertising. (Or for a judge.)

 

Negative on both counts.

 

Sounds more IT-related.