Lois_E begins a long MFW journey

WishIwasstill25

It's all over.....

edinburgher

theyorkbrood wrote: »

Two weeks off for me too ...and not forgetting we go back on the following Tuesday too ... and an Inset day ...so no teaching for two and a half weeks ...yeah

It's a hard life, spare a thought for those of us who get 5 weeks a year (and count ourselves lucky!)

I'm the child of two teachers (at one point, just one teacher now) and having seen the stresses vs the perks, I still think the perks are pretty good

Habibiboo

:wave:

You made it Lois! Happy holidays! Enjoy a well-earned lie in tomorrow (and Monday especially)!

Alchemilla

York brood do we work in the same school? Inset first day back also!

QB_Wolf

Hope all you teachers have a great break.

Lois_E

theyorkbrood wrote: »

Two weeks off for me too ...and not forgetting we go back on the following Tuesday too ... and an Inset day ...so no teaching for two and a half weeks ...yeah

Snap! We have inset on that Tuesday too.
Although that means I've got to have my coursework marked by then.

edinburgher wrote: »

It's a hard life, spare a thought for those of us who get 5 weeks a year (and count ourselves lucky!)

I'm the child of two teachers (at one point, just one teacher now) and having seen the stresses vs the perks, I still think the perks are pretty good

I did wonder if I ought to say something in my original post acknowledging those of you who don't get holidays like we do.

Yes, the perks are pretty good. And despite the stresses common to all teaching posts, the job can be great fun if you get the right school - congenial colleagues, reasonably sensible management, classes whose needs are a good match to your skills etc. It can be dire if you get the opposite of that, though.

I'm very lucky with the school I'm at now, and I wouldn't want to do any other kind of job.

Habibiboo wrote: »

:wave:

You made it Lois! Happy holidays! Enjoy a well-earned lie in tomorrow (and Monday especially)!

Well, I enjoyed this morning's one a lot.

Won't get as much of one on Monday because a non-teaching friend is delivering her kid here on her way to work to be looked after for the day, so I'll have to set the alarm and be up by 8:30 instead of 10:30 which was when I woke up alarmlessly this morning. It'll be nice for DD to have a friend to play with all day, though, as well as doing my friend a favour - which she deserves because she does loads for me.

theyorkbrood

I know .. I am married to a non teacher so I know I am lucky ..but I was up early this morning getting the youngest off for her day out so no lie in

Not sure Alchemilla !!??

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Hello,

No inset day for us.... We are moderating in our free periods.... Madness.

Lois_E

Secret_Saving_Squirrel wrote: »

Hello,

No inset day for us.... We are moderating in our free periods.... Madness.

We usually have to moderate in lunch times. It's a new thing for us to be allowed some inset time for it.

HelenDaveKids

We also have the Tuesday as inset day (all my girls are now at same school), although the girls are actually going to be "ill" on the Wednesday after;) . I get 8 weeks a year leave (includes BH and 10 years + service) so although not in education, do count myself as "lucky" when it comes to holidays.
I am also lucky that I can book my leave where I want (perk of the off duty writer) although in previous years, I always shared the school hols 50/50 with jobshare. So I get most school hols off (2 weeks in August as max allowed to take).

Downside for you guys though, as before we had kids and our future selves, we wouldn't choose school hols as so flippin expensive.