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re: Questions about the teaching profession.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 9:30 am to Thias2685
Posted on 10/18/18 at 9:30 am to Thias2685
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Teachers aren't paid hourly, dipshit. Half of their summer is spent prepping for the next school year. They are stuck working outside of school hours at home every evening, weekend, and holidays.

I lived with a teacher for 18 years (my mom).
She worked her arse off, no doubt. But her working in the summer was at a summer camp for extra money. She spent a few days getting her classroom ready. Oh, she wrote her entire science curriculum herself, and won awards for it. (Obviouslt she taught at private school)
Posted on 10/18/18 at 9:30 am to Wayne Campbell
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Teachers are generally required to do staff development before the school year
Not here. It's all done via inservice days.
Teachers do usually work a couple extra weeks around the school season
Posted on 10/18/18 at 9:35 am to volod
Most careers probably seem better than they really are when we're about 19 years old and choosing them.
I'm sure some choose this path because they want to influence and work with kids. I have to admire that trait in them, even if that desire left them many years ago. I've never been that noble.
Most careers are harder than they look, but many get easier as you progress. If they're still in the classroom after 25 years, they're working almost as hard as when they started, and no doubt, fed up with the lack of discipline, bullshite bureaucracy and standardized testing.
Then again, most of would be fed up with our job if we didn't "progress" into other aspects of the industry.
They deserve to be able to complain, just like everyone else. But in the end, we all make our own decisions.
On a different note, you never hear them complain about that guaranteed early lifetime retirement stuff though that I'm convinced will be the death all of our American governments.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 9:43 am to Grassy1
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On a different note, you never hear them complain about that guaranteed early lifetime retirement stuff though that I'm convinced will be the death all of our American governments.
Well, for example, Texas TRS requires deductions for retirement and each teacher is subject to federal deduction as well. Upon retirement, Texas teachers cannot draw Medicare even though they contribute the same as any other employed citizen.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 10:28 am to McCaigBro69
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It’s a typical case of overvalued self-importance than anything else
As a teacher I can verify this. My teacher friends blast FB during teacher appreciation week about how under paid they are and how important their job is and how they change the world. I tell them all the time yes some teachers are under paid for the job they do and some do change the world, but most are just like you and sit there all day and collect a check.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 10:51 am to Sarsippius
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What one doesn't consider is all of the extra work that teachers have to do on nights and weekends.
No different from any other salaried professional occupation.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 11:01 am to EA6B
My wife (no pics) is a teacher. She was an oil/gas consultant before. Salary is a quarter of what she made before - but the work load was killing our family life.
We laugh our asses off at the teachers that complain about long hours and paperwork. They have no clue.
We laugh our asses off at the teachers that complain about long hours and paperwork. They have no clue.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 11:38 am to volod
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Note: this isnt a career change thread, I'm just asking.
just a regular ol OT teacher beat down thread instead huh?
feel better now?
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:19 pm to volod
First off, my wife and I teach a and we make $150,000 combined in a year and work 190 days. We are very happy with our pay but we have both found positions that don’t require us to do much work at home or over the summer. Next, as you’ve probably guessed, we don’t live in Louisiana so I can’t speak for systems there, but if you think teachers only work during school hours, then you’re crazy. The good ones, which would include most of the teachers I work with, put in countless hours at home, even during the summer. I wouldn’t teach if I had to put in the hours most of my coworkers put in.
As for pics of my wife, this board couldn’t handle her. ??
As for pics of my wife, this board couldn’t handle her. ??
Posted on 10/18/18 at 12:37 pm to Joe Banks
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but if you think teachers only work during school hours, then you’re crazy. The good ones, which would include most of the teachers I work with, put in countless hours at home
Lots of salary professions do the same, teachers seem to be the only ones that bitch about this.... They are up there with Nurses in Facebook whining.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 1:14 pm to volod
Why do most black folks complain about white folks?
Posted on 10/18/18 at 1:15 pm to Thias2685
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THIS has got to be the most ignorant shite I've ever read on TD. And that is saying a lot because there are a lot of dumb arse mofos on TD.
All facts.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 3:46 pm to Tri City Tigers
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Yes. They get raises based on the state system whether or not they're good at their job.
Try again, Einstein. Most teachers do NOT get raises, even if they are promised. The individual school boards never, ever give them raises on time and when they actually DO get the raise it's a mere fraction of the raise they are supposed to get.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 3:50 pm to Dam Guide
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Lots of salary professions do the same, teachers seem to be the only ones that bitch about this.... They are up there with Nurses in Facebook whining.
Know any teachers? Know any teachers who don't take work home with them on the weekends? Know any professionals who take work home with them every friggin' weekend? Know any professionals who pay for their work material out of pocket but NEVER get reimbursed for it? Know any professionals who's client's parents call them up at home and bich and whine and complain and threaten to sue them because, oh, their little angel couldn't have done that???? OMG...
If you guys think Teaching is easy, or it's plush job or not hard or anything like that, go sub for a couple of days. You'd change your minds faster than that new LSU helmet changes colors.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 3:56 pm to Dam Guide
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Lots of salary professions do the same, teachers seem to be the only ones that bitch about this....
Most salaried pros in my area make $80k and up. Teachers make about $52k. I used to be a salaried professional and never had to work nearly as hard as a teacher. I could also run errands, go to the doctor/dentist, etc. during the day and could shoot the shite with co-workers and post on the drop.
Posted on 10/18/18 at 4:01 pm to volod
quote:absolutely on the specturn
volod
Posted on 10/18/18 at 4:04 pm to Joe Banks
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my wife and I teach
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As for pics of my wife, this board couldn’t handle her. ??
i'm sure a few 16 year old kids have handled her, though
This post was edited on 10/18/18 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 10/18/18 at 4:14 pm to Sao
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For anyone reading, how would these options change your take home pay?
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Your TRS pension provides monthly payments for life at your retirement.
Wow, it must be terrible to have a pension plan that pays you after retirement each and every month until you die.
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Posted on 10/18/18 at 4:41 pm to sahu01
There also aren’t many jobs where you have to do most of your work at home and on the weekends. You people are nuts if you think it’s 9 months and done. Also, how do I make up the 3 months of pay that someone wants to equate with an accountant if I’m working 9 and cannot get a three month job that will allow me to take 9 off every year?
Posted on 10/18/18 at 4:50 pm to Sao
In Louisiana in 21 parishes. Here is the AVERAGE in those districts according to the website iTeach. Sate average is 48,566 according to iTeach. According to Glassdoor, the Louisiana average is 52,363.
DeSoto Parish 60,433
Red River Parish 60,239
St. James Parish 58,807
City of Monroe School District 55,332
Zachary Community School District 54,967
Bienville Parish 54,473
Webster Parish 53,358
St. Charles Parish 53,236
St. Tammany Parish 53,315
Ascension Parish 52,331
East Baton Rouge Parish 52,399
Calcasieu Parish 51,587
West Feliciana Parish 52,147
Jefferson Parish 52,417
Ouachita Parish 51,526
Richland Parish 51,263
Caddo Parish 51,405
Natchitoches Parish 51,180
St. Martin Parish 51,068
City of Bogalusa School District 51,494
St. John the Baptist Parish 50,311
DeSoto Parish 60,433
Red River Parish 60,239
St. James Parish 58,807
City of Monroe School District 55,332
Zachary Community School District 54,967
Bienville Parish 54,473
Webster Parish 53,358
St. Charles Parish 53,236
St. Tammany Parish 53,315
Ascension Parish 52,331
East Baton Rouge Parish 52,399
Calcasieu Parish 51,587
West Feliciana Parish 52,147
Jefferson Parish 52,417
Ouachita Parish 51,526
Richland Parish 51,263
Caddo Parish 51,405
Natchitoches Parish 51,180
St. Martin Parish 51,068
City of Bogalusa School District 51,494
St. John the Baptist Parish 50,311
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