My first thought is how a “school” teacher can afford a first class airline seat?
Are taxpayers really paying such enormous bloated salaries these days? I know the answer.
From an article I read yesterday, she had miles.
My first thought is how a “school” teacher can afford a first class airline seat?
Are taxpayers really paying such enormous bloated salaries these days? I know the answer.
The article does not say where the money came from for this ticket. Her primary prefession may be as a teacher however she might have other investments and whatnot that is none of your business.
Now if she was a public government employee for some federal government deaprtment I would agree with you that compared to the private sector that they are way over paid. However, doing a search of national teacher’s salaries they make less than you would think. Especially when local cost of living is taken into account. A brand new teacher iis lucky enough to make 35K gross. In 1987 a starting teacher’s salary was no more than 25K gross. Teacher salaries have not increased all that much in that time. Who knows what else this teacher does. To say ALL teachers are over paid is a misnomer. Now when you talk about building administration staff and the likes, yes high 6 figure salaries do detract from the this. However this articles states she is a teacher not administration so the fact she saved money to buy a first class ticket is her choice not yours. The article also states this is a second leg of her trip home and does not state her origination. Get over yourself, a teacher and what they make is the least of everyone’s problems in education. You probably think a teacher should make 2 dollars right?
I’d like to know how a member of Congress can afford it considering they complain about needing a raise.
She teaches at St. Albans (Al Gore’s Alma mater). She is also an author, war photojournalist, graduate of Georgetown U. and Harvard Law School.
“My first thought is how a “school” teacher can afford a first class airline seat?”
She may bitterly hate steerage, as I do, and gone to a lot of trouble to save up for the first class seat. Also, in many respects they aren’t as expensive as many people may think. For example, a first class round trip from Atlanta to Sacramento, CA on Delta costs about $1,500. A round trip on the same route by car takes about five days each way and costs about the same when you consider oil, gas, auto servicing, food, and lodging. I know, I’ve done both. She also could have carefully saved mileage points and paid for the trip that way.
Miles she saved up. Same way this cripple pays for first.
Shame on you for automatically thinking the worst about someone you know nothing about. The lady traveled to Guatemala which is an international flight. There are sites where you can score an international business class ticket for a third of the regular price. If you have a business class international ticket, you are first class on any domestic connections. Or maybe she save up for years to afford a business class ticket and the Queen Bitch from Houston crapped all over her.
“My first thought is how a “school” teacher can afford a first class airline seat?”
She used “airline miles” she EARNED.
“My first thought is how a “school” teacher can afford a first class airline seat?”
Ridiculous statement.
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