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Being a teacher probably isn’t that hard, right? You’re off by mid-afternoon, summers are totally free … piece of cake! JUST KIDDING. I’ve never tried it, but being a teacher definitely seems like it would be very challenging. If you aren’t quite yet convinced of that, just check out these facts.

Megan Kelley

May 8, 2014

FACT CHECK TIME! Here’s what our fact-checkers found:

Looks like the average work day for teachers is about 9 hours, but we don’t doubt that some work up to 11 hours.
And yep, the hours listed for how much teachers work in a year totally check out. To see the numbers for even more countries, check out the source.

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