Sptsheff88

Who would have thought teachers got so much annual leave. I just assumed they had time off when the kids did.

There is no chance of that happening, for obvious reasons. Heck I could give out the teachers name and point to the Facebook account showing that teacher having a long weekend. But again I’m not going to do that. I was only trying to gauge people’s opinion which to my surprise seems to be rather split.

That’s more my problem with this, my child is in year 8 so I’m not too fussed about them maybe missing a lesson and they probably do have something in place for cover. I can understand why some people are like, why can’t they have a day off for birthdays, a lot of people do. I just feel that when you go into a profession such as teaching or even nursing maybe. Unfortunately you don’t get to pick when you can have time off. If the teacher has any accrued time obviously I couldn’t say.

So the other day I found out that one of my child’s teachers will not be working tomorrow. Not necessarily a big deal, it happens. I was slightly curious however what for and in the beginning they were very reluctant to say. However I did eventually find out from a secretary that it was for the teachers birthday. I have to say this made me rather angry. Yes teachers work hard and have enough on their plate sometimes. But they also have lots of holiday time plus training days etc. Of course they are not allowed to have time off whenever they want like most other people. However having a day off for their birthday to me seems completely wrong for many reasons. For one if I was to take my child out on his birthday I would get told off for letting him miss school for no reason. Secondly, the day off is an extra day not working that they don’t have to pay back. If I have a day off it comes out of my alloted days. If I want more days I have to have it unpaid. I could easily forgive an extra day off here or there maybe to attend a family wedding etc. But for me a day off just for a Birthday is a big no no. I would love to hear your opinions.