[LanPB01]

Coming from a family in which both parents are educators, I have to agree that I can't stand the bellyaching I constantly heard from them about being underpaid. When I got out of law school, I took a job that paid $4,000 dollars a year less than starting teachers, and when you conisder that I worked year round and about twice as many hours, I wondered what they were always complaining about.

True, teachers aren't exactly living the high life, economically. Then again, if I worked about five hours a day and made what they make, I probably wouldn't complain too much.

[netmilsmom]

>>True, teachers aren't exactly living the high life, economically. Then again, if I worked about five hours a day and made what they make, I probably wouldn't complain too much.<<

Thank You!

[postliberal]

I really don't know what sort of educators your parents were if they worked 5 hours a day! My mom was a teacher, and she generally worked several hours a day outside of the classroom, and on weekends. My girlfriend is a first year middle school teacher (at abou 37k, if you are curious), and I am pretty sure she is putting in 60+ hour weeks right now, sometimes a lot more than that.