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Sure.  I chose to leave a lucrative career 10 years ago to raise my children.  There are countless people who choose mission over money.  If you don't understand the concept, then you must not have ann appreciation for something called sacrifice. [/quote]

As the PP said, nobody goes into teaching for the pay. Including public-school teaching.

We don't tell doctors that they should be in it for the healing, not the money. We don't tell doctors that their interest in compensation shows that they lack vocation and a sense of sacrifice. Why do we think it's ok to tell teachers those things?[/quote]

No we don't tell anyone what they should do when it comes to career choices.  But what I have found, in both the medical field and the education field, is that there are a special group of professionals who truly want to make a difference.

Speaking about education, unfortunately the public schools are lacking that type of mission driven teacher.  Just my observation as a mom of a student that has been in both private and pubic.  I have found that these mission driven educators have so much more to offer students...even beyond typical classroom instruction.

If you want to talk about doctors, I have found the same to be true.  Mission driven typically equals doctors practicing in academic hospitals.  Money driven typically equals private practice physicians who are cash based.  The doctors in hospitals like Hopkins are typically more ethical and skillful than those who have opened private practice and focus on cash flow vs. best interests for patient.[/quote]

Interesting article about why private school teachers are willing to take less salary...bottom line--because the job conditions are better.  They spend less time answering to  bureaucracies and more time teaching and getting to know the students.  http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2013/10/why-are-private-school-teachers-paid-less-than-public-school-teachers/280829/[/quote]

That's good for them, if they can afford it.

Most teachers need money to pay the bills, health insurance for their families, and a retirement plan.  My DH taught at a Big Three school for a long time before switching to MCPS for these (and other) reasons.  His teaching is the same quality as it was at the Big Three, but he is paid a decent salary and can retire at some point.

There is no shame in needing a bona fide job.  Most people do.[/quote]

Teaching may be the same, but I'll bet he does less of it and more paperwork.[/quote]

Actually, he is happier in his classroom now than he was in the Big Three school.  [/quote]

I call BS on this story.  Big 3 teachers get full health insurance, retirement, and very good pay.   If you want to say a parochial school, maybe -  but most teachers in the elite college prep schools get incredible pay and benefits.  Less paperwork and testing, half the class-size per class, and more freedom on their curriculum.  I have 1 in a big 3, a sister who works in their sister big 3, and 2 in public.  My private school kid in high school has between 11 and 18 kids in his class depending on the subject.  My kids in public have 27 in 1st grade and between 29-33 in 9th grade.  And most of my private school kid's teachers either have masters, multiple masters, or doctorates.  And most that don't are working on their masters.   This is not the same in public and I really doubt someone would get masters and doctorates to get paid $50K.   :roll:   My sister makes 83K and she is working on her masters.  Teaches 4 classes a day.  [/quote]

Such a strange response.  "BS"?  Really?

Here's what MCPS offers that private schools do not:

*Robust health insurance, heavily subsidized
*Retirement AND a pension
*Excellent pay (topping out at over $100K; no private school teacher earns that)

I can assure you based on personal experience that Big Three teachers do not earn "incredible" pay.  [/quote]

Cite your sources or at the very least your "personal experience" of every big three teacher and their salary and benefits packages.  [/quote]

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