Dear Everyone,
Please be kind to teachers. This is our last “free weekend”
(for many, that has already passed) before another Covid-crazy year starts.
Please understand that we do not make the mandates nor rules – we simply follow
them, just like you do.
Also, for those of you who are under the mistaken belief that teachers get paid for time off all summer, you couldn’t be more mistaken. We are per diem employees. We do not get paid for holidays nor snow days nor any “vacation” day your child gets or that we get. If we get “paid all summer,” it is because we have chosen to have our per diem rate slashed significantly in order to have our earned pay doled out to us over the summer so we don’t starve to death.
Please be kind to those who wander around with completely
shell-shocked expressions this weekend. We are the Teachers, the Warriors, the Extreme
Paper Pushers who love your children almost as much, as much, and sometimes
more than you do (if your child might be having a bad morning). We aren’t
asking for thanks, kudos, nor raises – just a slight bit of patience and
compassion as we mask up (literally) for school to start.
Love,
A Teacher
