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Originally Posted by K C Muffin Summers off or not.....they still make less than me and that's not right. They don't get the 18 days' vacation I get. That's 3+ weeks. So I only 'work' about 48 weeks a year. If I divide my gross by 48 weeks, then multiply it by the number of weeks a teacher 'works', it's less than my take home, let alone my gross. And I don't have a college degree. And I don't have to take the crap some of the kids dish out. I couldn't do it - I've met a couple of teachers I didn't like, but by and large, they are a good bunch of people. They definitely have my respect and admiration. |
I know that this was from quite awhile ago, but I read the thread that asked inactive members to join in & say something. I don't usually have much to say unless I know about the topic. Since I have friends in the district, I can add to this topic.
I agree with KC Muffin...most of my friends are teachers & I know that they work an avg. of 10-12hr. days & most weekends. They work in June teaching summer school. They also take continuing education classes during the summer, if not through the whole school year. The teachers I know are not making the $40k a year, even after the raise they received. Since the district is filled with senior teachers, the avg. pay will be stated as a higher amt. It is not untill you've been with the district a certain amt of yrs. & have your masters plus 30 more college hours that you start earning the avg. pay. Listening to what those teachers have to put up with day in & day out, I would like to see those people that say they have it easy, spend time in their shoes. I wonder how many of those people could actually cut it & still love their job as much as the teachers I know love theirs.