What's the deal with shcool teachers?

[fastboy21]

Originally Posted by reznor_ [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sounds like a very white, white-collar, wealthy family school district in the suburbs. Am I wrong?

Most public school teachers I know make far less than 100k/year. They work in cities. They buy school supplies for the kids using their own money, because the district doesn't have enough money for them. Underprivileged kids need devoted, well paid teachers too. These people teach for the love of it, and they should be compensated because it's a very hard job.

Its not uncommon in the NYC/NJ area for public teachers even in the inner city to earn what I was describing. The benefits alone are a huge work package. Also, my comments weren't meant to say that teachers don't deserve more...some of them do. I was just saying that signing up to be a teacher isn't consigning yourself to living below the poverty line with no chance of retirement while standing on a bread line...it just isn't. It's a fairly respected, job secure, pension guaranteed, summers off to earn how you please...and you get to work with kids doing something you love. That hardly sounds like a life of hardship to me compared to most.