Teachers salaries has nothing to do with educating children. In our district over the last three years, teachers have gotten a continual 7% raise. That means 2001-7% 2002-7% 2003-7% Mind you, the average worker in the same district recieved a combined 3% raise over the same three years. The teachers are simply padding their wallets and it has nothing to do with the kids. Don't you think "killing people on the other side of the planet" is a little to dumbed down, even for you?
Teacher salaries have everything to do with education. The reason our education system sucks is because nobody who is qualified will work for the crap pay public school teachers get. Historically teachers have been grossly underpaid, so their recent pay increases really can be compared to that of other workers. As for being dumbed down even for me, maybe your district is trying to improve its education system by continually raising teacher salaries after seeing how you turned out.
Maybe you don't know Dist 203 has the 2nd highest paid teachers in the state. Maybe you have no ************ing idea what its like in our district. We are still in the red, and they continually try to one up Hinsdale, the #1 highest paid teachers in the state. The programs have yet to receive more funding, but we have room for 3 assitant principles, 6 deans, and other administration jobs that make upwards of 90,000 dollars. Oh, and the superintendant of the district got a 46,000 quit bonus last year, along with making a six figure salary. I vainly hope to make 46,000 dollars a year when i get out of college.
Be a teacher, sounds like they make $46k in your district! Try it for atleast a couple of years, anyway. It's a noble profession. Plus you can brainwash Pakovits' kid to think like you do and make his life miserable. In most states teachers are crapped on, that's where I draw my basis from. I had to attend private school as a kid because the schools in my area sucked due to poor teacher salaries.
I agree that a lot of teachers are underpaid, and under appreciated (ahem, chicago!). But not in my town. And i don't believe in teachers pushing their political beliefs on their students. I find it to be life changing, and irresponisble. Also, i don't want to be a teacher. I will make whatever money doing what i love. A fair suggestion though.
I thought about being a teacher when I finished undergrad. Then I thought about the hell my mom went through as an underpaid, underapreciated school principal. But, back on topic, I have to agree the French are asking a lot on this one. But, they may have legal recourse if they can prove they entered into legal contracts with the Iraqi government. Just because the regime changes doesn't mean the contracts become void (see the fall of Iran for case precedents with U.S. companies, there's a ton). However, if there was a U.N. resolution making these contracts illegal the French are screwed. But then they could argue to deligitmize the power of the U.N. the way we did to invade. It would be interesting to see which country's court would try and gain jurisdiction in this case. Any international trade attorneys out there?
anyone who makes more than 30k a year and gets summers off can't complain. i got out of college and worked my balls off for $20k a year and 2 weeks vacation(in boston, nonetheless) so teachers can bite me.
Yeah, summers off, must be great. Except for the fact that many teachers teach summer school, because they need to supplement their income, that they have to put up with constant abuse and putdowns from both students and parents, that they are underappreciated and overworked and and top of all that, considering the importance of their job, they are underpaid. Ever tried teaching yourself? My big brother turned his back on lawschool and the family fortune to become a teacher in the projects, and let me tell you, it's not nearly as easy as you imagine it. Leaving for work at 6am, taking the public transport because he's certain that his car would get vandalized by juts about any student he gives a failing grade to, coming home at 5pm only to have a pile of marking ahead of him, spending his weekends getting the lesson plan for the next week ready. And this is just the beginning. He's been spat at(literally), sworn at, threatened and suffered about as much racial abuse as you can imagine. And he still does it and deep down, he still loves it, and you know why? Because he cares about the kids. I'm afraid you can't say the same.
That's downright funny My sister-in-law is a high school teacher. A darn good one. She can't wait for my brother to start making some real money so she can quit and stop being crapped on (figuratively) daily.
So now we're repressing the freedom of speech of America's teachers? Why do you hate our freedoms? Seriously though, given that every president since the Mesozoic Era has stated that education is the cornerstone of society, and that he was going to be the "Education President," don't you think they should be paid better than garbagemen at least?
Overpaid teachers? That's obviously been said by someone who has never been a teacher. Teachers spend about 200-400 hours a year simply GRADING papers, the insurance usually blows, and with standardized testing being implemented nationwide the administrators will come down on you like Nazi's for any kid who's not passing. Never mind that Johnny doesn't have a father and his whoring mom barely feeds him. Beyond all of that, social promotion runs rampant, and behavior problems abound. 4th graders sexually harrassing female students and then admin barely wants to do anything about it. The list is way, way too long. Suffice to say that blue collar people depend way too much on schools to teach their children things that they should already know when they walk through the door...
Public school teachers, in general, should receive higher salaries than they do now. This especially applies to those teachers who teach in lower-income neighborhoods. It's unclear how much higher salaries should be. Ten-thousand more per year? Fifteen-thousand? Twenty-thousand? Moreover, perhaps school principles should be given more authority to raise the salaries of teachers based on reasonable performance-criteria. Nationwide, twenty percent of teachers quit the profession within three years. The numbers are even worse in urban districts; 50 percent leave the profession within the first five years. In poor neighborhoods, 34 percent lack full certification. And experts predict that with enrollment rising we will need 2 million new teachers within the next decade. Also, Bush's “No Child Left Behind Act” complicates matters. It calls for “highly qualified” teachers in each classroom by 2005. New York City’s recent experience shows that higher salaries attract more qualified teachers. In 2002, New York raised entry-level salaries from $31,910 to $39,000. This change was followed by a huge increase in qualified applicants; so much so that 90 percent of vacancies were filled by certified teachers, compared with only half in 2001. Moreover, a study released by Columbia University researcher Constance Bond shows that -- even after factoring in state poverty rates and parent education levels -- states with significantly higher teacher salaries have higher math scores, lower student drop-out rates and lower teacher-attrition rates. My mother was a public school teacher for all her professional life. It is really hard work. She thinks teachers, especially good ones, should be paid more.
Funny that you mention that because I was just talking to 2 of my cousins, both teachers, who thought that teachers are greatly overpaid and should receive salary cuts.
Do you agree with your cousins? If so, why? Do you believe that all teachers in US public schools should be paid less or that only some of them should be paid less?