Interesting information for your perusal...

[CJ]

Uh, most Americans spend 2000 hours per year working (40x(52-2)).


So you get 65% of the pay for doing 50% of the work? Sign me up!

2080 hours a year is standard minimum for a full time employee.

[46Tbird]

U.S. teachers spend over 1000 hours per year teaching

Uh, most Americans spend 2000 hours per year working (40x(52-2)).

This is between 61 and 65% of what average U.S. employees make in other jobs with similar education and experience.

So you get 65% of the pay for doing 50% of the work? Sign me up!

[CJ]

But, what if the class WAS Rocket Science?

Now that is a specialized skill required specialized education and that demands a premium on salary and I completely agree with that. But your average public school teacher is not a specialized skill. Your average graduate could teach just about any class.

[AdRock]

X2

Dont like it? Do something else. Hell you get 3 months paid vacation annually, work 8-3, etc. Boo hoo.

You have no idea what the fuck you are talking about.

[dville_gt]

Exactly! That's an honorable profession. So what's wrong with fixing somebody's car so that they can get to work the next day because of me? There's honor in that. Yeah there's honor in that ... and there's honor in taking that 40 minute train ride so those college kids can come in in the morning and have clean floors and those waste baskets emptied.

Good Will Hunting?

[yellowstang]

Oh get over yourself. I've subbed at AISD highschools when I was between jobs. It isn't rocket science. Your average intelligence person who has a degree can teach a classroom full of kids.

But, what if the class WAS Rocket Science?

[CJ]

There's not a bit of truth in that statement.

Oh get over yourself. I've subbed at AISD highschools when I was between jobs. It isn't rocket science. Your average intelligence person who has a degree can teach a classroom full of kids.

[Ratt]

And the truth is just about anyone can teach.

There's not a bit of truth in that statement.

[slow99]

Everyones job is thankless...you don't see teachers thanking taxpayers for their salary do you? I'm very happy to have had some good teachers but don't forget what drives salary. A lot of the friends I grew up with that are teachers now are definitely not the ones I said "wow...(s)he's so smart". Construction workers put in a lot of effort too but nearly anyone can do it. It's all about rarity of skill set and demand.

Exactly! That's an honorable profession. So what's wrong with fixing somebody's car so that they can get to work the next day because of me? There's honor in that. Yeah there's honor in that ... and there's honor in taking that 40 minute train ride so those college kids can come in in the morning and have clean floors and those waste baskets emptied.

[ceyko]

STFU, dude. I don't know what your hard-on for me is and why you like to give me so much shit, but I'm not complaining about anything. I fucking LOVE my job and wouldn't do anything else regardless of the pay. I'm graduating with a Masters in May and won't be doing what I'm getting certified in (even though it would be at least a $15k/year jump) because I love what I'm doing right now.

As I said in the original post, I copied/pasted from our message board. It was something our instructor had posted. Don't like it? GTFO.

Now...where are my potato skins??

Sooooo, you're willing to take a pay cut?

[CJ]

Everyones job is thankless...you don't see teachers thanking taxpayers for their salary do you? I'm very happy to have had some good teachers but don't forget what drives salary. A lot of the friends I grew up with that are teachers now are definitely not the ones I said "wow...(s)he's so smart". Construction workers put in a lot of effort too but nearly anyone can do it. It's all about rarity of skill set and demand.

And the truth is just about anyone can teach.

[Ruffdaddy]

You think you're the only one who has teachers in the family? And where the fuck did you get $11/hr "gubment" job? Teachers don't get paid to take "3 months" off. They get paid for the work they do, and they can choose to either take it evenly distributed throughout the whole year, or get paid more each paycheck during the school year only.

I'm sure you're aware that teachers have one of the most thankless jobs out there, and if your family really had been teachers for as long as you say they have then you wouldn't be bitching about it.

Everyones job is thankless...you don't see teachers thanking taxpayers for their salary do you? I'm very happy to have had some good teachers but don't forget what drives salary. A lot of the friends I grew up with that are teachers now are definitely not the ones I said "wow...(s)he's so smart". Construction workers put in a lot of effort too but nearly anyone can do it. It's all about rarity of skill set and demand.

[Ratt]

Know nothing about? Sister had been teaching 11 years, both parents taught over 35 years each. So why don't you go back to your $11/hr gubment job and piss off

You think you're the only one who has teachers in the family? And where the fuck did you get $11/hr "gubment" job? Teachers don't get paid to take "3 months" off. They get paid for the work they do, and they can choose to either take it evenly distributed throughout the whole year, or get paid more each paycheck during the school year only.

I'm sure you're aware that teachers have one of the most thankless jobs out there, and if your family really had been teachers for as long as you say they have then you wouldn't be bitching about it.

[stevo]

No, it's roughly a 3.2 million increase, 6.4% nationwide. No data is given by state.

That is what I missed, all I noticed was 6.xx% wasn't close to 23%.

Stevo

[slow99]

Does that math look odd to anyone else?

Stevo

No, it's roughly a 3.2 million increase, 6.4% nationwide. No data is given by state.