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ffumarola on March 6, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: All 1,926 public school teachers in Providence fir...

contracted hours do not equal actual hours worked.

And according to the bls the average american works about 34 hours last time I checked.... So teachers still work more!

yummyfajitas on March 6, 2011 [–]

The ATUS measures hours worked "last week" (survey is repeated every week), not contracted hours.

The average American also doesn't get 12-15 weeks vacation.

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