Hell, I could walk into a class and show the same fucking movie for 8 hours during the day,
No you couldn't, in my division you would be fired for dereliction of duty (i.e. for cause). You could appeal the termination, but you'd loose and during the review process you would be on leave without pay.
If teachers only "work" when there are students in the classroom...
1. When are you going to research the material?
2. When are you going to develop the teaching materials?
3. When are you going to write the tests?
4. When are you going to grade the tests?
5. When are you going to input the results into the student information tracking system?
Quantity of time is finite, but is not necessarily the only measure, or even the best measurement of anyone's ability to get the job done.
Nor is saying that teachers only "work" during the time when students are in the classroom a measure of the quality of the job performed.
Teachers work more than 6 hours per day, 180 days per year when the students are in the seats.
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