I don't get vacation per se as a teacher, but we do get one personal day a year which if you don't use, acrues to two. I was just thinking the last time I used a personal day was over 10 years ago for dh's 50th birthday so I could set up for the party. The problem with taking time off as a teacher is you have to have substitute plans in place before you can leave and then like someone said, make up for the work. Usually that means grading two days' worth of papers in one evening instead of just one set, plus dealing with whatever problems weren't resolved the day with the substitute, depending on the quality of the sub.
Yes, I know many of you are saying, well, you are a teacher and you have the summer off. Well, yes, technically, but my state requires in order to keep our teaching certificates that we do lots of professional development. For many of us, doing the pd during the year is too difficult, so we spend a big chunk of the summer taking classes to keep updated.
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