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In reply to the discussion: Van Jones slams Huckabee: The average teacher doesn’t make $100,000 [View all]GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)4. No kidding!
If teacher made that kind of money, people would be flocking to become teachers. And, we all know that it's quite the opposite. It really IS stunning that this needs to be refuted over and over and over again.
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Van Jones slams Huckabee: The average teacher doesn’t make $100,000 [View all]
Judi Lynn
Jun 2012
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It floors me that enough people think that that there's a need to refute it
Posteritatis
Jun 2012
#2
Van is dead on with what he said, NOW if we can just get Mr. President and the
fasttense
Jun 2012
#45
i remember many years ago the publisher of my home town newspaper said teachers were overpaid
libinnyandia
Jun 2012
#8
I remember when my husband made $7,000 a year teaching with 3 years experience, a masters
Auntie Bush
Jun 2012
#22
Yes, your correct but do not forget that all it takes for EVIL to flourish is for GOOD men
fasttense
Jun 2012
#46
subs in my district make $60/day---absurd---if you want a good sub, you want someone with teaching
wordpix
Jun 2012
#60
The problem is that many teachers think of the sub as a babysitter and leave a movie
LibDemAlways
Jun 2012
#61
And a lot of people don't rise much past those starting salaries in practice anyway. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jun 2012
#16
Maybe it's time for folks to talk about physicians and the obscene salaries they make for basically
nanabugg
Jun 2012
#34
I'm more concerned about hospital executives and health insurance executives.
SharonAnn
Jun 2012
#51