The most obvious sign that the education system is broken is that summer break still exists. Every research study shows massive learning loss over summer break. The kids don't plant and harvest the fields anymore. What are we doing folks?
@krdonnelly I've talked to multiple teachers that said they'd quit if they didn't get summers off, curiously enough while also insisting that summers aren't actually "time off" So I think it's entirely plausible that school staff like the break even more than the students.
@redoaksmember Yes. The system is calcified by rigid staff expectations. I’m not saying you don’t need time away from the classroom but one looooong break isn’t it.
@krdonnelly @redoaksmember Education needs massive reform in many areas and teachers currently do need all the time off because the system is soul crushing and broken to such a degree the reprieve is crucial. Without intense investment and change teachers will flee. Not rigid, but utterly spent.
@krdonnelly @redoaksmember There’s a whole summer break industry that might have a say.
@krdonnelly I wonder how many jobs would feel comfortable replying to you the way some people have in this thread. Could you imagine welders or mechanics loudly coming into comments and explaining they "need" summers off and that their job is "abuse" and expecting any sympathy?
@krdonnelly @redoaksmember Rigid staff expectation is getting a decent pay and decent breaks for looking after other people's kids?
@krdonnelly @redoaksmember So you teach, right? You know all about how teachers spend their summers because you are one, right? Not every teacher is sitting on their front porch with a Mai tai all summer relaxing. How many teachers use summer to work? 1 in 6. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019……