re: Texas to approve $1.6 billion for teacher raises

Neither in the top 15 deadliest jobs.

Taxi driving is more deadly than FF.

My wife has been a teacher for 20 years. She works one week more after the students are done and one week before. She makes 59k a year and will have drop and a secure pension when she retires. I work for a global company and we use her medical insurance because it is half the price of mine. During the summer she is a housewife and does ZERO school work. She arrives 30 minutes before school starts and leaves 20 minutes after the buses leave. In 20 years I can’t recall her doing any school work at home. She uses the time that is set aside at school to do planning and grades papers during the student’s idle time. She knew the pros and cons when she chose the career. If she wanted to chase money I’d support it but she likes the quality of life that her career allows. Money is a short term motivator. I have a daughter and I hope she wants to be a teacher one day and can enjoy a fulfilling career with better than average insurance and retirement. My sister is also a teacher and neither have a part time job in the off-season. This discussion goes of the rails when hyperbole comes into it. Every teacher decided to teach and every teacher decides how long to remain a teacher. If they feel victimized it is by their own doing whether by living beyond the means their salary allows or the bullshite to pay scale hasn’t tipped enough.

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also includes a merit program to pay exceptional teachers even more where "they could make a six-figure living and not have to go into being a principal or administration

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You’re laughing at a state investing in children’s education, and then will probably wonder why LA is ranked 50/50 in education measurements

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. Nothing wrong with investing and Louisiana should invest more, but simply throwing money at a problem isn’t the only thing that needs to be done to fix it.