After being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: "Let me see if I've got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning, and I'm supposed to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify
their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits.

You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and raise their self esteem. You want me to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair play, how to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, and how to apply for a job.

I am to check their heads for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of antisocial behavior, make sure all students pass the state exams, even those who don't come to school regularly or complete any of their assignments.

Plus, I am to make sure that all of the students with handicaps get an equal education regardless of the extent of their mental or physical handicap. I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone, newsletter and report card.

All of this I am to do with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a bulletin board, a big smile AND on a starting salary that qualifies my family for food stamps!

You want me to do all of this and then you tell me... I CAN'T PRAY

 

Sure, you can pray. But do it away from the children.

 

Their pay sucks, but it isn't that bad. At least in my area.

 

If you can pray....then I should be allowed to sacrifice goats to Jobu.....

 

Ok that was funny.

But also very true.

 

I thought you did.

 

Jobu cant hit a curveball though

 

Pedro Cerrano: Bats, they are sick. I cannot hit curveball. Straightball I hit it very much. Curveball, bats are afraid. I ask Jobu to come, take fear from bats. I offer him cigar, rum. He will come.

Eddie Harris: You know you might think about taking Jesus Christ as your savior instead of fooling around with all this stuff.

Jake Taylor: Harris.

Pedro Cerrano: Jesus, I like him very much, but he no help with curveball.

Eddie Harris: You trying to say Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball?



Major League, best baseball movie, ever.

 

Either that or Bull Durham...

 

oh yeah... topic...

Sounds about right to me.

 

Teachers make plenty for the time they put in. If money is what they want from their education, they should enter the job market and see what they can make of it. Good teachers are not in it to get rich. Besides, the ones that aren't lazy have other things going on besides their 7:30-4:00 teaching gig. They do much better than average when they put in some effort.

 

I really hope this was a sarcastic post.
My wife is a teache, well a remedial tutor actually. She works at the school from 8AM to 3:30PM for her pay. She clears about $1100/month.
This translates to about $9/hour.
Then she gives lunch-time assistance for sny student that asks for help with class work. This is usually every lunch hour of the week.
Then she gives tutoring after school, again every day for about 1-2 hours.
And on top of that, when exams are approaching, she gives in-home tutoring to those who ask.
As well on weekends.
All this extra-curricular work is pro bono.
So, in response to your above statements, I can only say that you are correct in one sentence.

"Good teachers are not in it to get rich."

 

Mostly sarcastic. There's some truth in there as well. Generalizations on this topic are always dangerous. Does she clear the same $1,100.00 per month year round?

 

I hate it when people say "they clear X amount per month." Is that after taxes/insurance? In my area teachers start out at 34000 per year. That sounds very low. If you consider it is only for 1485 hours per year and they receive a week in Novmeber, two weeks in December, and a week in spring, all as paid holidays. When it's all said and done they work 9 months out of the year, and have the opportunity to increase their income by teaching summer school, coaching teams and other activities. Considering they only work 9 months out of the year a starting teacher makes equivelent to $47622 per year. That's not bad for a starting job with no expeience.

The teachers in my kid's school show up at 8:00 and leave promptly at 4:00. All parent teacher conferences are held in the morning before school.

 

my better half runs a cleaning service. some of her best customers are teachers.

some day i hope to make so little that i can afford a very nice home with land and be able to have a cleaning lady come in.