When I was a pup, almost every public school teacher in my hometown had a summer gig. One ran a farm and orchard. Another hawked insurance. Still another repaird string instruments. One of them even helped found a major vitamin company which is still doing well. Because they had a wealth of real experience outside the classroom, most of them were great teachers who could relate to us.
I know more tha a few that can retire before 50. Not like that in most professions.
You wont get most teachers to admit it in casual conversation, but if you know any teachers well enough...
Besides, I don’t care how much you get paid, no one ever thinks they deserve a pay cut.
People pay lip service to teachers and I personally don’t mind it (the public school racket is a different story) Not all teaching jobs are a like but they have their own set of demands and qualifications and you like to hope that the right people are doing it.
In before the “Teachers only work a half a year” baloney.
Teachers I know in GA retire with full pay.
‘It seems like the media will never stop promoting the myth that public school teachers are “underpaid.”
yes, but as I learned from a poster on this very site, public school teachers just want to be treated like humans...
They live a big BooWhooWhoo scam.
They do OK.
Dont work all year like most of us, city town pensions etc.
& medical
They want to buy pencils and other goodies for the cookie crunchers out of their pockets,good for them go for it
We wont be fooled a again
Agreed, a great article. I never really gave any thought to how the primary/secondary teaching market is so damaged by government interference that it is incapable of seeking an appropriate wage.
As an aside... another problem due to government interference is the requirement that teachers have in many states to do continuing education — I believe this is at their expense, and would often be done in those summer days when so many of your teachers supplemented salary with other gigs.
Over $100K per year/salary + benefits for many Milwaukee Public School teachers - and that was a few years ago, when they were calling in sick to go and destroy the State Capitol.
Depends on the state, whether teachers unions are present and the priorities of the school district. Some teachers are overpaid and underworked (unionized), some are underpaid and overworked(right to work states). A lot of school districts are bloated with overhead staff making more than the average secondary school teacher. Many of the district honchos, who do next to nothing, have salaries that in no way match their low level of effort.
Wonder if teachers feel broke because of student loan debt.
Get rid of the arbitrary credentialing requirements, get rid of tenure, and voucher the schools. Let teachers compete in the open market like any other professionals. Good teachers will do well, possibly better than now. Bad teachers will be forced into other occupations, and will mostly end up better off as well; in the current system, too many are enticed by artificial pay and benefit structures into staying in jobs for which they are, at best, mediocre.
They retire well and often retire young for a very long time. They make between enough and plenty. Some make way too much. They often do a bunch of crap after screwl but get a lot of time off. Heck, they even get vacations now during the screwl year some places.
They retire well and often retire young for a very long time. They make between enough and plenty. Some make way too much. They often do a bunch of crap after screwl but get a lot of time off. Heck, they even get vacations now during the screwl year some places.
Ditch the unions and they will command much more salary.
Teachers = Democratic Socialists of America.