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Teacher's salaries are low, but so are government workers like Police and Firemen. My Stepson became a teacher and in discussions with him, I thought that he know what to expect in teacher pay. However, once he had to live on that pay, it struck home. He was willing to continue with teaching, but teaching in a really bad school was too much for him. He did not like following orders to socially promote functionally illiterate kids.

So he joined the Army. The Army doesn't pay a lot, be even as an E-5 he is doing better financially than he was as a teacher, and he likes his job.

Teachers do make more as they gain experience and/or higher degrees. I know teachers in Georgia with 25 years of experience and MA degrees that make 70K per year.

Before an individual selects their life calling, they need to research matters such as salary and benefits.

Before an individual selects their life calling, they need to research matters such as salary and benefits.

Yes, true -- but sometimes people change careers. Thanks for your post. And, God bless your son for serving in the army!

He was willing to continue with teaching, but teaching in a really bad school was too much for him. He did not like following orders to socially promote functionally illiterate kids.

That is an important point you mention. I was thinking more about E Comp today, and I realized: maybe it is the flip side of what we will have to do if we really want to eliminate social promotion. (BTW, in FL, it is now illegal to socially promote in 3rd grade.)

However, if kids do not improve in every grade, and we eliminate social promotion (which I think should be eliminated in every grade), then, we are stuck with kids graduating high school at the age of 21-25 in some cases. Believe it or not, some students now have already been left back 2 or 3 times by the time they get to 4th grade. So, kids have to improve, and maybe E Comp or a plan like it really is necessary to ensure that we finlly get rid of social promotion, which I think is a terrible thing. Yet, there is nothing so great about having students in high school in their 20's either. So, something's got to give.