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Oh do give over ! I was married / lived with a teacher for 19 years, have a sister who is a teacher and a cousin who is a teacher - I recognise they put in long hours but to dismiss that fact that many many workers also put in long weeks ( mine average around 55 hours ) but without the holiday...

No but most of us don't get 13 weeks holiday ( I get 4 1/2 and most people get no more than 5 ).

Errr .... no. The implication is that teachers get 13 weeks holiday a year. Even if you suggest they use half of those holidays for work it still gives them 6 and a half weeks holiday. That's one and a half weeks more than the average worker - I hardly see taking a week in the summer holidays (...

I'm not a teacher but used to be married to a teacher so hopefully I'm allowed to comment ! It's a step in the right direction but really, why can't teacher training take place during the SIX weeks summer holiday ?? As for the bit in the article about it being bad disrupting students education...