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consider moving to southern or southwest Virginia - MUCH better cost of living
Realize that many male teachers (and some female!) end up taking summer or second jobs to make ends meet. This means they often do end up "working evenings"l
I live in Virginia. The cost of living is very high in northern Virginia. I do want to teach there someday, but I know it would be very hard as a teacher to buy a home some the values are increasing in that area.I've considered administration, but I don't think I have the personality for it.
Wait and see where you actually end up teaching and what kind of salary they pay for that area. You can also keep that kind of thing in mind when deciding where you apply for positions.
Keep an open mind on administration. You might surprise yourself later
Sometimes life deals you unexpected hands, so it's good to have as solid of a foundation as possible.
Very true. An old friend from school had to stay home with her son because he has autism. He's 7 or 8 now. Last year, or the year before, her husband was diagnosed with stage 3-4 colon cancer. He had to stop working and their cobra ran out. Next thing she's looking for a minimum wage job. You just never know what life is going to deal. That scenario would be difficult to plan for in any direction. Poor family.
Oh and i also agree on partnership. We are no longer living the times that our parents parents were living. Where a weman can just stay home and men work, unless your rich.
Exactly. You can plan and plan, but sometimes things like a "surprise" 3rd baby make things complicated.
Smart women just want to know their partners are going to be able to carry the financial load for a while if they need to stay home with small children - which is why some look for guys who make a "decent salary".
Seriously, a surprise? Have we not taken biology - it's less of a surprise, and more of a well, we know this could happen so now we have to make another choice.
Smart men just want to know their significant others are really in it as a partner as opposed to the "me, me, me" kind of person. The kind of person who puts the relationship first and themselves second. The kind of person who says I have a bank account too and am not into materialism. That may be asking too much though, these days.
You're just average as are the vast majority of us. The super-rich I don't need to work are far and few between. Don't worry, it's not all that it's cracked up to be.
Realize that many male teachers (and some female!) end up taking summer or second jobs to make ends meet. This means they often do end up "working evenings"l
Most teachers I know end up working evenings just to do their regular teaching job because of lesson planning, grading, correspondence with parents, etc.
Sometimes life deals you unexpected hands, so it's good to have as solid of a foundation as possible.
That takes sacrifice sometimes. Alot of folks are "me,me,me" and I want it now folks. A sacrifice for them would be having to walk a few blocks to the store instead of driving the car to save some $$.
Gentlemen: please refrain from using the word "gold digger" or any kind of word that implies that since that is not the purpose of this thread.
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I'm going to be teaching soon so my income is going to be around 45k and when I hit the top of the pay scale(after about 20 years), my salary should be around 75k-80k. When I first decided I wanted to be a teacher I was okay with this, but I've been getting a few conflicting messages about it from. Because it's at the primary level, just about nearly everyone I work with are females and married. I've been told by a couple that she doesn't really care what type of school she teaches in(privates normally pay less) because her husband makes six figures and another one told me that not being able to pull in six figures looks really bad on my part. The end result is that it has made me second guess my choice to teach and do it at the level I teach at(some women seemed to be turned off by guys who work with primary aged children because it's not considered masculine) even though I like it because I won't be able to compare to guys 20-30 years from now who are pulling in more than I'll be earning.
So I'm just wondering what is your range for an acceptable income for you all while/when you are/were dating?
"A decent salary" is another way of saying: "more money than her friends' husbands."
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