Let it be known that I, IMHO, think teachers are THE most underpaid people
for their value to society.
George
PS: Engineers are second
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> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tris Schuler
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> >But I don't teach Art History wherever your friend does. I teach in the
> >Florida school system.
> >
> >Starting salary is $28,000, which I believe we could all agree is low for
> >our cost of living.
> >
> >After 34 YEARS on the job, yes years, my pay scale will peak at $49,917.
> >
> >Even in New York City, the starting salary is $39,000 and peaks
> at $51,000.
> >Not exactly Park Avenue salaries.
> >
> >As a comparison, I could be a manager at a Wendy's for $26,000.
> >
> >I suspect the career path at Wendy's is better too.
> >
> >A teacher that makes $79K is VERY, VERY rare and is only in
> limited areas in
> >the Northeast. In the rest of the country, my salary is startlingly
> >typical.
> >
> >We entrust the future of our children to people stupid enough to
> take these
> >jobs.
> >
> >And don't give me the summers off crap. I'll spend my entire summer
> >building my lesson plan for fall -- all at no pay.
> >
> >Tom
>
> There is no doubt (good) teachers are underpaid while the rest (bad
> teachers) ought not to be in their positions to begin with. From what I
> know of you, Tom, I'm glad you are now in that system.
>
> My wife used to teach (MIS professor) but now is in
> administration (SJSU).
> I kid her often she's become part of the problem. Ironically she now more
> or less juggles a university budget which thinks its cool to pay
> in-coming
> non-track professors less than $60K in an area where the cost of
> housing is
> close to highest in the nation. As it stands, the school is
> understaffed by
> some 20% (I'm told) with enrollments suffering accordingly due to the
> related inability to thus manage even existing (much less new) sections.
>
> It's all bullshit and has been since I was small.
>
> Larry, I agree with much of what you say but really, it seems at
> times you
> simply want to cause friction for the sake of doing so. Also, while I
> wouldn't classify our sitting president as an intellectual he is hardly a
> "moron" in the technical sense. What good could from that name-calling?
>
> Tom: hang in there and just take care of those closest.
>
> Tris
>
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