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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My private sector company is also giving 3%.[/quote]

I’m sure your salaries are much higher to begin with. [/quote]
My child's teacher makes $80k+[/quote]

Ok. Unless they are married, 80,000 doesn’t get you much in this area. Salaries should match COL. [/quote]

Well, $80,000 is really for working only 9 months of the year once you take out all those endless summer and winter vacations. So $80k/9*12 = $106,666 on an annualized basis. Plus pension plus lavish benefits.[/quote]

Where do these teachers work? I want endless summer and winter vacations!

I work 10 months full of 60 hour weeks, [b]and then I’m furloughed for two months[/b]. 
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See, it's this crappy attitude on the part of teachers that has burned a lot of goodwill with parents and the public. The endless summer vacations are obviously a HUGE benefit of your job, and yet you frame it in the most miserable way possible by calling it furlough.

Also many other jobs require 12 months of work full of 60 hour weeks if not more. The truly unique thing about teachers compared to other professions is their seemingly endless ability to whine and think that only they have it hard.[/quote]

In addition to VRS, summertime is really the only perk. And for some, summer and breaks are a financial strain/stressor.

How is it a vacation if you’re working another job? I know not all teachers do, but almost all of the teachers in their 20s do, as well as a decent percentage of the others.[/quote]

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