I was attending my friend's daughter's wedding. People at that wedding party were of the popular belief that teachers spend their summers on tropical beaches, eating special ice creams.
I happened to talk with guests at a party function and said, "We teachers actually spend summer vacation time catching up on all the work we couldn't get to during the school year."
We attend professional development workshops, plan #curriculum for the upcoming year, and grade an endless pile of papers.
The length of summer vacation varies from district to district. It also depends on whether the school is public or private.
Some districts might have slightly shorter summers, while others may extend them.
During our casual conversation, I told a guest at the party," Trust me, sir, even a few #weeks won't make this vacation as glamorous as you seem to think."
So, friends, please, before one thinks of dismissing a teacher's summer vacation as a luxury, please take a moment to appreciate the hard work and #dedication that goes into being an educator. Teachers may get a break, but our minds and hearts are constantly invested in the betterment of our students. They make projects as teaching aids to teach difficult concepts like quadratic equations in the subject #mathematics. They sometimes work on a #research paper to be presented at an educational conference. Sometimes these research papers require a lot of data to be collected. To collect data and convert the same into #analytical equation requires programming knowledge and so on. Learning new educational tools(computer software) to teach students takes time. Teachers use #summer vacation to learn educational tools.
Moral of the Story: Good teachers' minds and hearts are constantly invested in the betterment of their students. Summer vacation is the best time for a good teacher to go for professional development.
Sukarma Thareja
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