re: Oklahoma teachers prepare to strike

I’ll worry about the plight of teachers when they stop posting legs crossed by the pool pictures on FB starting mid May with a message about relaxing all Summer.

All told they work 4 months out of the year.

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Oklahoma teachers made an average salary of $45,276 in 2016

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MF are overpaid

Teachers today are so worthless

Both houses passed an increase of gas and diesel tax and $1 per pack of cigarette tax and O&G tax etc to fund a $6-8k raise. The teachers don't think it's good enough because it doesn't include a hotel tax to ultimately pay got a $10k raise over 3 years. The $6-8k raises are an effective 15% pay raise and the revenue in the bills Doesn't support it.

How dependent is the Oklahoma economy on oil prices?

I know OKC can boom or bust like Houston.

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Mardi Gras and MLK

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Yeahhh we 100% do NOT get off Mardi Gras or MLK.

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Considering their summer break alone, I work at least 60 days more than either of them.

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There are 53 Saturdays and 52 Sundays. My company provides 5 paid holidays in addition to that. I don’t take any vacation because I really can’t. If I’m out even a day my desk turns into a shitshow of epic proportions. And I have it good now. At my last job in this industry I had to work most weekends too in order to keep up (everyone in the office did) and once worked 28 straight days. My dad, who is 65, still works most Saturdays. I don’t think teachers realize this about private employment. The pay is better but you earn it with your life.

So, anyway, that’s 255 workdays for me now. If you do the math on teachers, with summer off, a week off at Thanksgiving, two weeks at Christmas, a week at Spring Break, plus tons of other days off for various BS bank holidays, they only work 174 days a year.

I work 81 more days a year than a teacher. And I’m pretty typical.

Teachers, divide your salary by number of days worked. Then do the same for other professions who work many, many more days. You’ll see that your per day pay is pretty damn good! You’re getting a good deal, so shut up and be happy!

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If your mom only works 16 days a year more than teachers, I’d like to know her specialty. I might need to reconsider my career

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Seriously.

Mo money = Mo Hoggs

Privatization. Get tax dollars and the government out of education.

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Privatization. Get tax dollars and the government out of education.

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You think the private sector pays more money to teachers than the government does??

Have you seen private school salaries? With the possible exception of the 20K a year schools, private schools all pay less, not more.

And privatization doesn't get the tax dollars out of education... government just writes the checks to a different name.

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Because all the money goes to administratiors. They’re the most top-heavy organizations known to man. For every two teachers, there’s an administrator, either in their building or at the district office, doing nothing and making six figs.

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Muh CEOs!!!

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yea that will do it. school lunches are some of these kids' only meals. you plan sounds like shite.

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Maybe the parents should...I don't know...take care of their own kids or don't have kids if they can't take care of them?

You do realize if the government stopped giving out welfare, they would probably think twice about having kids they can't care for.

Oh...but then that would take away from the Liberals' voting base...so that won't happen.