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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Yes to all of this. And it's true you essentially are taking a pay cut when you work in a high FARMS school because of how much you end up spending out of your own pocket. [/quote]

And, in some of those schools, the teachers deserve a stipend for just how difficult it is.  I taught in such a school.  I loved the kids, but some days I felt that I should be getting "combat pay" for the number of fights I had to stop.

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This.  And then there is the constant churn of teachers dropping in to save the world and moving on down the highway when they can't hack it at a Title I school or in our NOVA school system, which is particularly messed up.  Teaching is a tough gig and it keeps on getting tougher.  The new year has started with our most recent paycheck.  I didn't change anything - none of the benefits, nothing.  My 9/30 paycheck this year is $19 more than last year's 9/30 paycheck.  It is increasingly hard to justify being a teacher.[/quote]

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