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So a teacher in a safe, cookie cutter, suburban school district is above the level of a cop working in dangerous, gang/crime/drug infested inner cities?
Teachers work in very unsafe environments, very badly paid, unappreciated and expected to produce a well educated taxpaying citizen. What they still do despite is well worth admiration.
Teachers have been riding the gravy train for a long time now: great pay and superb government benefits for only 9 months work per year--well, actually about 8 if you count-up all the holidays they get off. Also, they don't even need more than a bachelor's degree, and it doesn't even have to be in Education in some states. What other job offers good pay and killer bennies for a profession whose clients (students) are in session only 180 days a year?
Times are tough, many of us have to tighten our belts. Why do these teachers think they are some sort of sacred cows who should be spared from sacrificing a bit like many others are?
Teachers work in very unsafe environments, very badly paid, unappreciated and expected to produce a well educated taxpaying citizen. What they still do despite is well worth admiration.
Many of the suburban environments are very safe. What are you talking about? Sure there's the occasional fight and there's times when situations might get out of control, but that is the exception, not the norm. I understand it is tough to control a room full of students, but if you're unable to, perhaps you should consider a new career. I've always had great respect for teachers who were strict, didn't take crap, and had the class under control. Couldn't stand the softies.
In high school I had a history teacher who gave us maybe ten lectures the whole year. Otherwise he just sat at his computer or turned on MSNBC (no joke!). There were even a few times he simply didn't show up to class. Other times we would go to another classroom so he can have lunch and chat with another teacher who was on her lunch break. Even the head of the history department realized what a joke the guy was, but tenure kept anything from happening. Last year when New Jersey cut education funding, a couple young, well-respected teachers were fired while he kept his job. Current salary is $90,000. I certainly hope others didn't have such blatant experiences.
Teachers have been riding the gravy train for a long time now: great pay and superb government benefits for only 9 months work per year--well, actually about 8 if you count-up all the holidays they get off. Also, they don't even need more than a bachelor's degree, and it doesn't even have to be in Education in some states. What other job offers good pay and killer bennies for a profession whose clients (students) are in session only 180 days a year?
Times are tough, many of us have to tighten our belts. Why do these teachers think they are some sort of sacred cows who should be spared from sacrificing a bit like many others are?
Teachers are the ones teaching the future generation of citizens. It's the foundation of a country's future.
Any enlightened nation should worship The Teacher.
Neither is a teacher in a local school district. However, it is a state law about collective bargaining that the gov. wants to change.
You're right... but it's the state that is contributing to salaries and bennies... not so for the local cop. They have their own local unions. State can't touch them.
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Oh, please.
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