[moose2004]

My sister in law teaches 10th grade English in southern California and makes $70,000 a year. Not bad.

[MissEdie]

Not me. I'm a special ed teacher in a primary school in SC, my salary is nothing like what was described in this article. I do have a Masters from a top rated university, no I did not get reduced tuition, and every time I have gotten a %.03 raise the state has increased my health insurance premiums which has resulted in a negative gain. Am I complaining about my salary, no, would I like to make more, sure I would. I would like to have a pay raise that is not negated by increased premiums. I love what I do and it gives me a great sense of accomplishment when I see a child with various types of disabilities learn to read or understand math as a result of what I do.

[9999lakes]

$70,000 IS a lot of money for a teacher, but $70,000 divided by $400,000,000 = When this teacher has worked 500 years {!!} they still will not have earned as much as the parting gift to one oil company employee.

[Constitutional Patriot]

"My sister in law teaches 10th grade English in southern California and makes $70,000 a year. Not bad."

especially since teachers only work about 8 months out of the year. My wife has been teaching fo 12 years now.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

$70K/yr for a teacher is equivalent to $89K/yr in the real world--not bad at all.

[HighWheeler]

"My sister in law teaches 10th grade English in southern California and makes $70,000 a year. Not bad."



If you ever hear her complain, remind her that she is earning at the rate of $124,000 if she had a real full time job instead of her cushy half-day, summers-free, I-can't-make-it-in-get-me-a-sub job, and that she is making more money than 90% of the population.

The typical response I get from teachers to this reminder is "but my job is hard work!" Sure it is, like everyone else's, except that you don't need any creativity, you can just recycle the same curriculum each year, and if all esle fails just dump off your mistakes to the next grade level.

[oldbrowser]

My sister in law teaches 10th grade English in southern California and makes $70,000 a year. Not bad.

My brother recently sold his condo in Newport for a million dollars to a single (30's) high school teacher.

[rwfromkansas]

70 thousand a year would not afford a shack in southern California.

[rwfromkansas]

Look at the salaries of places like KS, OK, NE. It is certainly not 70 grand here, I will tell you that much.

[Pure Country]

My sister in law teaches 10th grade English in southern California and makes $70,000 a year. Not bad.

And I have a neighbor boy who could hardly make it through high school who is making $100,000+ as a conductor on the railroad. Three months training. Go figure.

[eeriegeno]

My sister in law teaches 10th grade English in southern California and makes $70,000 a year. Not bad.

70 grand per year for 183 days that average less than seven hours is roughly $55 bucks an hour. I love when teachers tell me how underpaid they are.....

[BJungNan]

My sister in law teaches 10th grade English in southern California and makes $70,000 a year. Not bad.

Not bad at all. And when you consider that she does not work a full year to get that salary, it is even more on an actual days worked basis. Not to mention great benefits.