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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wish people would stop with the teacher bashing. Then people wonder why all the good ones end up leaving.... :roll: [/quote]

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If those gripers think they could do a better job for the same pay and benefits, I wish they would.[/quote]

They get paid $50-110K a year for working 180 days. They get tenure, pension, health, dental and life insurance. They have every holiday, breaks and summers off.   They need to go to college for 4yrs and two of them can be community college. I fail to see why they have it so bad?  [/quote]

A teacher who went to college for only 4 years can make 48k-64k (after 10 years of step advancement, which is not guaranteed every year)

A teacher who has a Masters degree (much more common than someone with a Bachelors only) AND 60 extra grad credits on top of that can make up to 107k after 25 years of step advancements, and cannot earn more no matter how long they work as a teacher.

Not many teachers have both those credentials. Most teachers are earning 60-80k, which isn't awful, but is not exactly raking in the dough. They are also taking evening and weekend classes are part of required continuing education mandates (and spending their own money to do so) and picking up odd jobs over the summer to make ends meet because there is no income during the summer when they are "off" (forced leave).

Lastly, teachers work 216 days. Just because your kid has off doesn't mean their teacher isn't working. But yeah, they get dental, so they're just raking it in.

Sources: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/ersc/employees/pay/schedules/salary_schedule_current(3).pdf (teacher salaries are the second page)  
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/departments/ersc/employees/pay/schedules/work_schedule_current(3).pdf  (scroll to bottom)[/quote]

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