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My relative teaches in the Inland Empire here in CA. That $105k also includes medical/dental, however she will retire on about 80k. A full retirement package requires 30 years I believe. She started teaching in her forties and is just now retiring at 75.
If he were to apply in more affluent areas of LA (Palos Verdes, Beach Cities, Belmont Shores, or south to La Jolla..etc.) the pay would probably be even higher.
Manhattan living daughter was offered 150 a year to be director of a Bay Area pre school. She decided Manhattan was a cheaper place to live.
If grandson had to have Nunes as a Congressperson to make 100K a year, he'd say the money was not worth it.
Frankly, I wonder if some of them should try to become teachers instead. I mean, it's similar to teaching at a college or university, but at a lower level.
Also, stories such as these is why exactly I am leaning more towards becoming a teacher. I mean, I love history and thus I might as well do something that I love. However, at least being a teacher would result in a much higher pay and in much more job security for you.
Yes, some do. I know one highly frustrated 'adjunct" that finally ended up getting a great paying job at a private school AND he didn't have to get that teaching certificate because he majored in the subject he ended up teaching. To teach in a public school, I think he would have had to get that teaching degree.
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Originally Posted by SouthernSusana
I think the real, underlying complaint is that college teaching jobs have turned into a gig, much like driving for Uber. The colleges and universities charge megabucks for tuition and pay the adjuncts who teach the courses a mere pittance.
The system survives because these adjuncts believed they were going to become tenured college professors like those teaching them. That's what they trained for. But so many of them were produced that there weren't jobs for them. So they took whatever they could get. Colleges and universities saw the glut and realized that they didn't need to have full-time positions. There were more than enough part-timers available. So much of the work became part-time.
Department stores have done the same thing. Why hire a full-timer when two (or three) part-timers allow you to staff more efficiently? You can have two workers at peak times instead of just one. Not having to pay them benefits or even work them at all when not needed (without having to pay unemployment) is icing on the cake.
I was an adjunct in addition to my full-time job as a high school English teacher. It is a lot harder than one poster made it seem to be, but that's largely because I taught English 101 and 102 classes. Grading essays is horrendous.
I mean I think you are 100% correct. Colleges are making more and more money but instead of spending it on TEACHING or LEARNING - they invest in that big 'student center' because they think it will attract more students.
Every job is going to be a 'gig' one of these days. In my large company - we now outsource many jobs that used to be done by full time employees with healthcare and pensions, etc. Now - some OTHER company hires part time workers to do these jobs and we pay them.
The problem is people are associating college degrees with making money. Many college degrees are solely for personal enrichment, and not necessarily enriching your pocket book.
This.
Just because people with PhDs care that they have have a PhD, doesn't mean that everyone else does.
Quite frankly, I bet someone who went to tech school for 2 years is more employable and using what he actually studied/learned to earn a living than most of those who hold liberal arts PhDs from non-Ivy schools.
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