I was wondering, what do teachers in turkey do in the summer holidays? Do they work in seasonal jobs or just have a long holiday?

Thanks. x

anyone know? x

im sure they do the same as we do in england ,enjoy the peace and quiet for 6 weeks

Hi,
I'm a teacher for ten years and eight of it was in Turkia. About %60 of teachers in Turkia have a second job for the whole of the year. So yes they do work on their second job during their holidays. Depending on their field they work in all kinds of jobs. Taxi driver, salesperson, sign painter, musician, photographer are just some to name a few.

What is your chosen second job Erdinç?

I'm among the other %40.

I am an American teacher- I am fortunate enough to win scholarships to travel the world in the summer.

But, I know from experience, most teachers do not get paid much money to teach in the school year- so summer is an opportunity to supplement wages- in any field. Most teachers work so hard to make ends meet.

It is unfortunate that teaching is perceived as such a profession devoid of intellectualism ........

I am a teacher in Poland and I've been on the job for 7 years. here teachers either get an extra job in the summer (lots of them go to work in the UK) or splash out on holiday. The latter type is me! I have two jobs during a school year (three this year) so I don't have to work in the summer. However, if I had to live on just the state salary, there's no possible way I could ever afford holiday. I guess teacher's life is hard everywhere...

Daydreamer you right - we have hard work and life but we always may remember about it:

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”


for all teachers

When we have a holiday in Dutch schools, we actually have holiday. No extra jobs or anything of the sort.
But of course there is some pre-reading and things like that to be done..

(And there are always teachers giving remedial teaching during the summer holidays I guess!)

When I have a holiday from my teaching job in England I go to Turkia. Maybe I should see if I can get a holiday job in Turkia.

Hi fellow teachers!

I am a teacher. I recently moved from Germany to America and know that German teachers do not take summer jobs. They work hard during the school year and would never consider giving up their free time in order to make extra money! They are just very good savers and plan ahead..to include vacations when NOT working.

In the USA, many teachers travel, getting scholarships as a previous member wrote. Most of the time second jobs might only entail teaching a summer school for the the system you work for, but usually only a few teachers are needed for that!

Teaching is a hard profession! It requires alot of time, energy and preparation, but the rewards are great!