re: Any of you ever dated a teacher before?

I am married to one. She doesn’t bitch and complain because she understands her “low” pay is because she has 16 weeks off per year and that the job is not that difficult compared to higher paying professions.

If you only work 75% of the year you can’t expect 100% pay for a job that isn’t hard to get.

$45k would be about $65-70k if they worked all year. That is a respectable salary for someone with an easy to acquire undergrad degree. The pay of teachers is reflected by the lifestyle advantages it provides.

Public school teachers who complain about pay are just people who want to have their cake and eat it too. Private is a different story I won’t address