[PBRSTREETGANG]

Teachers only work 8 months a year and if they hang on for 30 years they can expect to receive a pension that pays them ~80-85% of what they were making while in the classroom.

I have friend who did precisely that. By the time he left teaching (Phys. Ed. and Health) he was making $105,000/year. Retired at 80% to a house in the Hamptons.

[BJungNan]

Ditto (can we say that on FR). Friend of mine retired at the age of 50. School district offered early retirement. He was making $85,000 a year. His early retirement pays him just under $80,000 per year.

He, though, never complained about pay. Said he would not turn it down. Said many teachers were overpaid, definately not up to standards of what should be expected of teaching. Says he knows he was paid very well.