Hold on a sec, let me check. No I don't care...It's great that you 'taught'. 3 whole children even. Do you want a cookie for it? My point was to the poster who made the ridiculous claim that most teachers are 'overpaid'. And my point (proven by the NC pay schedule) is that they're not. It has nothing to do with homeschooling success stories.
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.
Well whoopity do. Shall I post my successes? Wait nevermind, I'm not trying to impress people..You're touting the career of a homeschooled student (which has nothing to do with the discussion) and not addressing the concern that in some states, still, teachers are not paid what someone would make if they worked in 95% of all other possible jobs for 30 years.
Besides that, now that I am in the workforce, my entire day is spent teaching, both employees and patients.
Awwww, how sweet. It's called teaching a skill to another employee. We do it everyday. And you know what? We receive praise for it. We are compensated for it, and yes we even receive promotions for it. And at the end of our careers, our salaries, compensation, and 401ks show it. And many teachers don't have that.
Well, we just come at this with different experiences from different states. I know many states don't have generous teacher retirement plans. On the other hand, I live in PA. With the latest boost in state retirements (thanks to our greedy state legislature who voted it in for their own benefit) teachers will make the same in retirement that they will working. That means the average citizen making $34,000 a year (and that's actually household income) in PA who retires at 2/3 of their working salary will still be paying property taxes to support the average teacher making $44,000 a year (I think that's the PA state average) at full salary for the rest of their life.
There must be a happy middle ground somewhere...