The MCPS payscales are public. Even with a Masters, he’s not making 100k at 29. |
Oh yes he is |
Weird thing to lie about since it’s easy to verify. |
Knock yourself out. |
Where the fk do you think you can live alone in PWC on $57k/year? My mom got paid semimonthly when she was a teacher and that happened for the whole year, not just while teaching. I'm not sure of the pay schedule now. Let's assume it's the same. I plugged in $57k in the smart asset calculator for VA. $57k/year equals $1,771 semimonthly after taxes or $3542/month after taxes. A 1-bedroom apartment in PWC is running $1800-2200/month. $3542-1800 = $1742 Utilities - $200 Health insurance - $150 Car insurance - $120 Phone - $60 Internet - $80 Groceries for month - $400 Expenses total $1010 $1742-1010 = $732 left. And that's not even accounting for them having student loan payments, a car payment, for 401k contributions. Of course teachers have to have second jobs! Even back then my mom worked at Khol's on the weekends. |
That doesn't align with the reality of the MCPS pay scale https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/ersc/employees/pay/schedules/salary_schedule_current.pdf |
Pay scales have gotten better for starting salaries for teachers however they are slow to grow. I had a second job until I was around 37 (and single).
Also calling BS on the 29 year old making 100k unless they are an admin. |
PP specifically claimed her brother is a 4th grade teacher. |
NP. I’m not saying it’s ideal, but is it common for 22-25 year olds to live alone in 1BR apartments? I had roommates until I was 29. |
The pay scales are online. Your brother is lying to you or you are lying to everyone else. I am a teacher and I actually don’t think the compensation is as awful as what people make it out to be. I have very good benefits, am on the VRS, and have job security. A lot of my friends who wanted “do gooder” jobs or creative jobs have it worse. But 100k at 29 is simply false. The tutor may pull in 120k in hourly billing I guess. |
One of my kid's swim coaches is a middle school teacher in MCPS. This coach puts in at least 13 hours a week at the pool coaching on top of planning practices. I'm worried about burnout with that on top of teaching! |
It’s only for one season. |
Season for 4 months per year, every year. |
Why does anyone care what a teacher or any other professional does in their own time if they're adequately performing their duties? |
I had two jobs for much of my teaching career, plus an extra one in the summer after I fulfilled my summer teaching requirements (i.e., trainings and classes.) It was exhausting, but I simply couldn't make it without that extra income for the first decade or so. Then after I got married (also a teacher) and we had kids, it was used mostly to help pay for private Catholic school for the kids. We managed our money as well as it was possible to do on our pay, and made it to retirement, but finances were pretty tight all my working life...good practice for retirement living...sigh...
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