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Re:Glass viscosity calculations debunk the myth of flow in m... by nemo44x on Thursday October 29, 2020 @11:24PM (#24938815)
They get paid for that extra time if they choose to work it. Otherwise a teacher works 30 hours a week when normalized to a 48 hour work year. This is part-time work.

But they get golden health care, pension, and early retirement. Good for them. This is why teachers aren’t suckers as the OP suggested. They’re in on a great scam. Good for them.

The sucker working retail could only dream.

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Re:Glass viscosity calculations debunk the myth of flow in m... by dragonwriter on Thursday October 29, 2020 @11:43PM (#24938927)
> Otherwise a teacher works 30 hours a week when normalized to a 48 hour work year. This is part-time work.

No, it's full-time seasonal work.

> The sucker working retail could only dream.

Retail generally doesn't require a four-year degree, plus a post-graduate credential as a basic qualification. Compared to professions that do, schoolteachers pay and benefits are between unremarkable and substandard.

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Re:Glass viscosity calculations debunk the myth of flow in m... by nemo44x on Friday October 30, 2020 @08:22AM (#24941466)
Let’s just forget about their sweet pensions and lifelong benefits package.

They have public sector unions that negotiate their compensation. I don’t think it’s teachers that are being bullied here.

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Re:Glass viscosity calculations debunk the myth of flow in m... by dragonwriter on Friday October 30, 2020 @09:50AM (#24942147)
> Let’s just forget about their sweet pensions and lifelong benefits package.

Let's not; considering it doesn't make their total pay and benefita particularly good for the entry requirements, though it makes it somewhat less bad, leaving them only 11.1 percent behind comparable professions instead of 18.7 percent considering pay alone, as of 2017.

https://www.epi.org/publication/teacher-pay-gap-2018/

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Re:Glass viscosity calculations debunk the myth of flow in m... by tehwebguy on Friday October 30, 2020 @09:32AM (#24941993)
> Let’s just forget about their sweet pensions and lifelong benefits package.

Many already have, as the local and state governments that control these pensions and benefits are constantly changing.

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Re:Glass viscosity calculations debunk the myth of flow in m... by michaelmrose on Friday October 30, 2020 @03:32AM (#24939947)
A typical English teacher who works 2200 hours whereas a full time worker with 2 weeks paid vacation works 2000.

https://www.weareteachers.com/teacher-overtime/

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