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To make the Big Bucks, at least according to the right-wingers here. Just don't be too disappointed when that does not turn out to be the case.
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I'm certain that I qualify in your minds little box as a "right winger" (lol) so I feel qualified to answer and dispute your assertion that I think teachers make "Big Bucks"
But I do think SunnyDays is correct-the mind set for teachers has changed over the years and many liberals have flooded the system. And they do want the protection of a union contract.
I certainly wouldn't classify a teachers income as "big bucks" but they are making more than they would if they weren't union. This is a fact.
I always thought that most teacher were level headed and wanted to teach.
Now seeing how they have acted recently I believe most of them are just greedy selfish people who want to put the kids last and themselves first.
A new generation of liberal minded teachers over the past 10-15 years is what is changing the dynamic.
The old school teacher would not walk on their students, this new liberal minded teachers will walk on top of the kids to get their greedy hand on something.
How funny. Do you realize that in the past 10 years, many high school teachers have come from private industry? They are not college educated to be teachers. They are former business people who have lost their jobs and have sought refuge in the classroom. My former high school has not hired a traditionally trained first year math or science teacher in years. Why? Because young people smart enough to get math/science degrees don't want to become teachers. Geez, I wonder why...
I would like to know how many of you would invest the money and time to become and remain a public school teacher even if you disregarded the current animosity directed at the Teachers of wisconsin?
There's no animosity directed at the teachers of WI, there's animosity directed at the labor unions they choose to join. Lefties like you continue to try to redirect the subject and make it out to be a fight against teachers or "animosity towards education" which simply isn't the case. People are fed up with public labor unions and these union members just happen to be teachers. If they were public works employees collecting trash would we have animosity towards trash cans? No of course not, you're just trying to invoke a "think of the children" reply which isn't working, people aren't buying that crap anymore. There are millions of kids being taught all over the US by non-union teachers.
I would like to know how many of you would invest the money and time to become and remain a public school teacher even if you disregarded the current animosity directed at the Teachers of wisconsin?
I was a Police Officer for 30 years, and I can tell you, I do not have the patience to be a teacher.
Kudos to teachers for resisting the impulse to put little Johnny's (or Janey's) head through a wall.
You do know that most teachers are not paid for the summer, unless they work summer school.
Summer break is sans pay.
Well I would hope not! lol. Does a lawyer get payed for taking the summer off?
Of course we are aware that most teachers are not payed for summer unless they work!
I want to know what career gets payed for taking the summer off? I want that job!
I would assume before a person decided to pursue a degree in education that they realize it is a 9-10 month job and they would need to take this into consideration in career selection. This is why a lot of females chose teaching as a career-so they can have summers off with their children.
Well I would hope not! lol. Does a lawyer get payed for taking the summer off?
Of course we are aware that most teachers are not payed for summer unless they work!
I want to know what career gets payed for taking the summer off? I want that job!
I would assume before a person decided to pursue a degree in education that they realize it is a 9-10 month job and they would need to take this into consideration in career selection. This is why a lot of females chose teaching as a career-so they can have summers off with their children.
You would be surprised how many people think teachers get paid for summer vaca.
IMHO, teachers don't get paid half of what they are worth.
Actually, I think closing the schools for the summer is archaic, and hearkens back to when most farmed for a living. I would propose that students get a semester off, and get to choose which one.
I posted the reasons I would never be a teacher in another thread but here they are again:
1. For the level of qualifications required the money is rotten
2. You have to put up with a bunch of spotty, immature and ungrateful children many of whom do not want to learn and most of which are of average intelligence at best.
3. You have to put up with the parents of those children. The parents usually believe that their children are of above average intelligence, generally well behaved and that any inadequacies in their ability to learn are your fault. They also expect you to be a baby-sitter for their children, teach them social and behavioral skills in addition to academic ones but will never back you up in a dispute.
4. Finally, you are a political football to be kicked about by administrators and mediocre politicians looking for cheap soundbites. You are generally derided by the public and can never count on their support when it comes to getting the means to do your job properly.
I posted the reasons I would never be a teacher in another thread but here they are again:
1. For the level of qualifications required the money is rotten
2. You have to put up with a bunch of spotty, immature and ungrateful children many of whom do not want to learn and most of which are of average intelligence at best.
3. You have to put up with the parents of those children. The parents usually believe that their children are of above average intelligence, generally well behaved and that any inadequacies in their ability to learn are your fault. They also expect you to be a baby-sitter for their children, teach them social and behavioral skills in addition to academic ones but will never back you up in a dispute.
4. Finally, you are a political football to be kicked about by administrators and mediocre politicians looking for cheap soundbites. You are generally derided by the public and can never count on their support when it comes to getting the means to do your job properly.
Tried to rep you for that one, but couldn't. You hit the nail on the head, big time.
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