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teachers get a certain amount of prep time but its never sufficient and they do shit on their own time, all the time. plus they pay for school and class materials out of pocket routinely. I think in Ontario the average class is allocated like, $30 for the year in materials.

Teachers (at least in Spain) get a salary that covers class time and off-class duties. Most teachers don't hang out at school unless they have a reason to be there, or they prefer to work from their office, when they have one.

The problem with a gap hour (from the point of view of a teacher) is that it forces the teacher to stay in school when they don't necessarily have to. It reduces flexibility in their schedule.

I think he means a gap hour for the whole school- that you couldn't just put everyone in study hall all at once.

No, I meant a gap hour for an individual teacher. If they have 3 class hours but 1 gap hour in between, that reduces their schedule's flexibility.

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