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In the discussion thread: I get so tired of people gritching that "teachers get all summer off" We get paid for 186 days [View all]

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Fri Mar 16, 2012, 12:22 PM

Goblinmonger (16,367 posts)

57. What everybody above me said, plus...

EVEN IF I get paid more than the average worker in my area (which I don't believe is true and many studies support me), I have a Master's degree in communication. What is the education level of the average worker? I think I have more education. And I could make a lot more money doing consulting with my comm degree, but I really like what I do and don't want to quit. Teachers are clearly underpaid for the education level.

And pay attention to what is going on around you. That lovely tenure you talk about incorrectly either doesn't/hasn't existed in most states or is being taken away by Tea Party legislatures.

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67 replies	Author	Time	Post
I get so tired of people gritching that "teachers get all summer off" We get paid for 186 days [View all]	demtenjeep	Mar 2012	OP
You have my total admiration and support. Teachers by and large do a remarkable job and certainly	teddy51	Mar 2012	#1
K/R They also don't know that we can't deduct all the supplies we buy, or realize...	NYC_SKP	Mar 2012	#2
I tend to do a lot of hands on projects for end of unit wrap ups	demtenjeep	Mar 2012	#32
A lot of teachers also bring fruit and snacks and food, secretively...	NYC_SKP	Mar 2012	#33
yea, I always have a stash of something to snack on	demtenjeep	Mar 2012	#34
Note to public: Teachers d/not get paid tax dollars f/the periods of time school is not in session.	MichiganVote	Mar 2012	#3
Exactly, thank you!	NYC_SKP	Mar 2012	#6
My husband was a teacher for 32 years. If they ever paid him for his	michaz	Mar 2012	#4
My wife is a teacher and what I have found to shut them up is this,	gopiscrap	Mar 2012	#5
Many don't even get there summers off (I know this is a matter of choice) but many go back to school	teddy51	Mar 2012	#7
My wife has taken 6 summers off in 31 years of teaching	gopiscrap	Mar 2012	#39
teachers perform one of the if not THE	dana_b	Mar 2012	#8
Yes, when you average it out, it's less than other jobs. And teachers...	freshwest	Mar 2012	#9
These people must not have made it past 3rd grade	Mopar151	Mar 2012	#10
Except that teachers don't even get paid for there 2000 hours per year. They don't get	teddy51	Mar 2012	#12
The argument I have heard to that one is...	liberal N proud	Mar 2012	#11
Probably many actually do get an extra job in the summer to augment there income's. n/t	teddy51	Mar 2012	#13
Don't listen to the ignorance. I know my brother use to be a teacher until he retired.	southernyankeebelle	Mar 2012	#14
Sorry you have to put up that stuff	abelenkpe	Mar 2012	#15
You might like this.	progressoid	Mar 2012	#16
If teachers were paid to babysit, they'd be living large	Kennah	Mar 2012	#17
this one?	demtenjeep	Mar 2012	#23
It's simple. You don't want teachers to have summers off,	jerseyjack	Mar 2012	#18
Sorry	MJJP21	Mar 2012	#19
what a load of bullshit	demtenjeep	Mar 2012	#20
What a bunch of crap.	kcass1954	Mar 2012	#25
Um... no.	Hissyspit	Mar 2012	#26
That's not how it is these days.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2012	#35
Since teaching is such a soft touch,	sulphurdunn	Mar 2012	#40
There is no tenure for teachers in Texas.	mbperrin	Mar 2012	#55
What everybody above me said, plus...	Goblinmonger	Mar 2012	#57
I regard teachers highly. Very. But face it: you get the summer off, paid.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#21
again, we get paid for 186 days	demtenjeep	Mar 2012	#22
UFT.org	emilyg	Mar 2012	#29
That's just how they divide up the checks. Depends on the way you look at it:	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#48
A whole bucket of money?	Goblinmonger	Mar 2012	#58
No teacher gets summer off, paid.	Starry Messenger	Mar 2012	#24
From UFT.org	emilyg	Mar 2012	#28
That's having your checks pro-rated.	Starry Messenger	Mar 2012	#30
This message was self-deleted by its author	sulphurdunn	Mar 2012	#43
Sure it is. Summer is VACATION. Are teachers fired every year?	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#49
That is very silly. Vacation time for a worker is paid time off.	Starry Messenger	Mar 2012	#53
You need to talk to an actual teacher, or a seasonal worker in a different field.	NYC_SKP	Mar 2012	#27
exactly right. I get paid 12 months for 186 days.	demtenjeep	Mar 2012	#31
That's like saying I'm not paid for my 4 weeks' vacation.	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#50
Do you have to go to school during your 4 weeks' vacation?	proud2BlibKansan	Mar 2012	#56
so you actually DO get paid for not working yet you criticize teachers who actually DON'T....	mike_c	Mar 2012	#66
If I don't work, I don't get paid.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2012	#36
no, teachers get summer off UNPAID....	mike_c	Mar 2012	#41
So you get fired every year and have to re-apply, so that you're unemployed every summer?	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#51
Actually, in many areas teachers ARE unemployed during the summer.	FBaggins	Mar 2012	#54
I don't know why you find this so hard to understand....	mike_c	Mar 2012	#60
Every time I've been a salaried teacher, yes.	knitter4democracy	Mar 2012	#67
How many jobs require unpaid HOMEWORK almost every night ?	eppur_se_muova	Mar 2012	#37
For the first 12 years of my career, I had to get summer jobs.	Reader Rabbit	Mar 2012	#38
My wife was a teacher	Canuckistanian	Mar 2012	#42
Ivan's Goat	sulphurdunn	Mar 2012	#44
182 days at 6 paid hours per day for me.	montanto	Mar 2012	#45
The taxpayers don't have to pay me for my summers, I just wish they'd pay me for what I do.	demtenjeep	Mar 2012	#46
Absolutely!	montanto	Mar 2012	#61
And I'd settle for a few supplies	proud2BlibKansan	Mar 2012	#62
Study: Teachers Work the Same Number of Hours as Average U.S. Worker	NYC_SKP	Mar 2012	#47
Well, aren't those hours as reported by teachers for work done away from school?	Honeycombe8	Mar 2012	#52
How much you get paid for that OT?	Goblinmonger	Mar 2012	#59
I sign in each morning at 6:45, and I sign out at 3:15 each afternoon.	mbperrin	Mar 2012	#63
sadly, some are not going to learn	demtenjeep	Mar 2012	#64
"Thank you for your service, demtenjeep."	NYC_SKP	Mar 2012	#65

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