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E. Kansas | Teachers have the week off between Christmas and New Years too, plus they have spring break, some schools have fall break, etc. The "in-service" days seem to be very plentiful anymore, and the kids are not at school then, so it's not like every day the teachers are at school they're working directly with the kids or accumulating homework from that day to grade at night. Same with conference days and teacher work days when school is closed.
The time that a factory worker, as you referenced, gets off between Christmas and New Years is typically the time from some delayed holidays from earlier in the year. MLK day, Veterans Day, Columbus Day, probably some others, are often not taken on the particular day and the time off is shifted. Usually a school is closed on those specific days, or the corresponding Monday holiday, as they occur, but yet the school is still closed between Christmas and New Years. Most companies have 11-13 holidays per year. All the rest of the time per year the full time employees have off is typically their own vacation time.
Schools often are closed the day before Thanksgiving Day. Most private businesses are open that day, and a worker has to use a vacation day to be off then.
Teachers also have the job protection of tenure, which hardly any other worker has. Once tenure is achieved, which doesn't take too many years, it becomes very difficult for a school board to fire a poor teacher.
It's not my intent to sound disrespectful to you or your wife, but it is quite commonly known in private industry that if someone doesn't like their job, there is nothing that says they have to keep it. No one in any work place is irreplaceable.
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