Wed Dec 14, 2005, 07:22pm
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Originally posted by Camron Rust
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Originally posted by rockyroad
Speaking as a teacher myself, I would have to say that I am not necessarily "underpaid"...we pay our bills. We will never be rich. I love what I do (most days)...also, I am paid year-round, they just pro-rate my 185 day salary over a full 12 months, and rake in the interest the money earns in a bank account waiting to be paid to me. Oh well...but to say that I am overpaid is ridiculous. If I could charge the hourly rate charged by most day-care providers in this area, I would be making around $92,000 per year (for the 180 days, based on number of students and hours they are in my "care")...so whoever it was that siad we are overpaid is seriously on drugs...
And btw, my wife (also a teacher) and I home-schooled our children for several years also, and while it has advantages, there are some serious drawbacks there also...
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I agree that some teachers are underpaid. It is a sad day when a teacher is paid not for the quality of the teaching but for the number of years on the job. My children have had teachers that were not at all good and others that were great. The one that was not very good made a noticable amount more than the others because she had been there longer. This is the effect of teacher's unions. They protect the bad and limit the good.
The other main issue regarding money is not so much the amont teachers are paid but the amount of revenue consumed by the school. In our school district, the average classroom size is 27 and the amount spent per student by the school system for all costs is $10,000 per student (that includes benefits, salarys, capital costs, supplies, etc.) That's $270,000 per classroom. If teachers are only getting $40,000, I'd like to know where the other $230,000 is going???? The buildings don't cost that much. I'd expect the largest cost to the the teachers but they're not even 20% of the total.
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I agree with what you have written. Yet, I wouldn't be surprised if you were to find tax payer monies being misappropriated while viewing your school districts annual financial reports and to notice extremely high salaries for non-teacher positions, including the districts superintendents, board members, etc.
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