My mom has maybe 2 weeks off of working on summer vacation (and even then she’s thinking ab her kids) and works the rest of the time bc she needs to do lesson plans and prep work. Despite that, teachers don’t stop working immediately when the school year stops anyways. They typically are required to work for a week or two more
Teachers work 5 extra days. If they are doing lesson plans over the summer that’s a result of poor time management. A lesson plan after the first year is essentially fixed, give or take a few tweaks.
I’m not saying teachers aren’t passionate and do lesson plans for fun, but that’s not part of the job. An accountant can bring their work home for fun too if they like crunching numbers.
This is from my experience analyzing teacher productivity. I’ve shadowed numerous teachers to evaluate their processes and gotten feedback from people I know in the industry.
For instance, my friend teaches 5th grade and has been using SUNO AI and Chat to make animated music videos for his class after hours. This is a nice gesture and is a passion for him, but by no means a necessary part of the job.
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to observe how someone spends their workday, identify inefficiencies, and distinguish necessary tasks from optional ones. That’s literally what process analysis is. You don’t need to be a teacher to evaluate how time is allocated.
Again, a lot of teacher “work” and “lesson planning” is just for funsies projects to fill time. Which is great that people are passionate about their job and enjoy the work so much they do way more than what is needed.
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u/TheDrunkWickerbeast 8h ago
Pft she was a teacher 24/7… do you really think they stop working when school is out?