In Portugal, teachers get a pretty long break during the summer, but I'm not sure if it's a full three months. The biggest pain for teachers here is having to move around a lot, especially before they get a permanent job. It takes ages to get there. Sometimes these moves are really far, and they have to uproot their lives and find a new place to live closer to their school. It used to be that teaching was a really respected job, almost like being a doctor.