[billbears]

They have summer vacations that more generous than a European worker, and if someone points out that they work 185 days a year, they WHINE that they put in out-of-class room time. Well! SO DOES EVERYONE ELSE!

Tell you what. Go teach then. I grew up every summer watching both of my parents take summer jobs to supplement their 'exorbitant' salaries just to make ends meet. We didn't live in a mansion, didn't have the best vehicles, just an average middle class family. This of course was in part because teachers pay was frozen for close to 15 years here in NC. I remember watching my parents grade papers until late in the evening, PTA conferences and parent/teacher conferences where parents blamed their childrens' inherent stupidity on my parents.

Let me tell you they didn't do it for the money, they did it because they loved teaching.

Add to this that teachers can work more years because they can enter the job market with a B.A. degree and if a masters is needed can often acquire this degree in off hours and during their generous summers..

Yes let's not forget the required conferences teachers must attend during the summers to be re-certified, learn of changes in the curriculum, or work to supplement their salaries

..and again big name colleges are not needed for these advanced degrees ( that are the joke of the academic world)

And of course being the academian that you are you know this how?

[Kay Ludlow]

I grew up every summer watching both of my parents take summer jobs to supplement their 'exorbitant' salaries just to make ends meet.

When I was growing up teachers who were the only wage earner in the house had to find summer work to make ends meet too. That's when teacher salaries were more comparable to their fellow citizens. That's not the case today for the most part. Starting salaries may be low in some areas, but the increase over time, along with the job security more than makes up for that.

[wintertime]

Tell you what. Go teach then.


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Wow! What an inflated opinion of yourself!

Has it occurred to you that there are THOUSANDS of non-teachers who spend their days teaching? They are found in all areas of business and in the health professions. Their teaching is just as vital to the well=being of children and adults as yours.

I did "go teach". I homeschooled 3 children until college. Do you know when they enrolled in college? At the ages of 13, 12, and 13. Two graduated at the ages of 18 with B.S. degrees in mathematics. The older of these earned a masters in math at the age of 20.

All finished all general college requirements by the age of 15 and all levels of calculus to Calc III.

The oldest is a national ranked athlete with a heavy travel and training schedule. He majored in business. He also spent 2 years in Eastern Europe on a church assignment and returned home completely FLUENT in Russian. Despite this eclectic experience he will finish his degree at the same age as his schooled contemporaries.

Besides that, now that I am in the workforce, my entire day is spent teaching, both employees and patients.