Hmmm.... just wondering as someone who doesn't teach, how do most teachers spend the summer and half terms? My understanding is that the teacher receives a salary? so effectively are they are being paid for that holiday period? if they are being paid for that period then whatever they do during that period is in fact paid for? I am asking these questions to try and understand why teachers feel so under valued?
Just to play devils advocate - I know I have worked with with colleagues that I could swear never finished school and gave poor performances in the workplace as a result of lack of education. In which case, if I was the person footing the wages bill for poor performance, I might wonder what the education system was producing.