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[Grotto]

I checked out your list and:

6 days off.
3 meeting days.
one make up class.

[ontheway]

Since you still don't get it, I have reviewed my above data, corrected a one day oversight, one more day off, a meeting day, in August. There is still a net gain of 6 days off. Now, I will compare this data to a generic year:


Look at any regular whole year:

.............................................365 days
12 months x 20 days...............240 teaching days
.............................................____
..............................................125 days off (not counting vacation)

52 weeks x 2 days (Sat/Sun)....104 regular weekend days

................................................21 other days off (Holidays plus extra non working days)


Now lets compare to my 2006 data:

Holidays (red days) in 2006.........10
Extra weekend day.......................1 (2006 has 105 weekend days)
Extra days off on my chart above 11 (as corrected in August 2006)
less: one makeup day in October -1

It works......................................21 other days off when compared to a generic year.

Now if you subtract the one hundred and fifth weekend day (some years like 2006 have an extra weekend day, some have an extra workday) and the 4 meeting days, the OP will have 16 days off as opposed to the standard number of Korean Holidays (10 in 2006). That is 6 extra days.

Of course, the contract calls for meetings, these would be annoying and maybe the boss would be really decent and not schedule any.

I think what you keep missing is that the contract clearly states that the teacher will teach exactly 20 days each month, no more and no less. The rest are days off, except for some probably useless, boring meetings which hopefully could be waived.

[Grotto]

I see your point ontheway. Your math is correct you would end up with appoximately 6 more days off per year.