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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So a first-year teacher makes as much as the county's median income, and they feel underpaid?[/quote]
So a first-year doctor makes as much as the county's median income, and they feel underpaid? 
So a first-year lawyer makes as much as the county's median income, and they feel underpaid? 
So a first-year engineer makes as much as the county's median income, and they feel underpaid?

My first year out of college, with a bachelor's degree in environmental science, I made more than the county's median income (adjusted for inflation), [/quote]

Teaching ES isn't precisely comparable to performing heart surgery. Med school and residency take over a decade or more.

I've known a few remarkable teachers, but most seem to have degrees in psychology from Towson State. No offense but that is hardly comparable.[/quote]

What's your obsession with Towson? You get rejected from there or something? Absolutely sounds like it. Stop disparaging other people's educations while hiding behind a keyboard. You have the mentality of a thirteen year old. Gross to see on a grown adult. [/quote]

DP, but I imagine “psychology degree from Towson” is just a metaphor for any degree with relatively limited earning potential from an unimpressive school. There are a few people in this thread that seem to be making willfully misleading comparisons between professions and degrees.[/quote]

People are comparing because there seem to be posters on this thread who don't understand the concept of contracts or how they work. There are people in this thread who cannot handle teachers "only" work 180 days of the year, while failing to acknowledge that many other, high paying professions also do not work as much as most people, but no one seems to have a problem with those jobs. That is the entire point. It's not hard to understand, but DCUM people seem to be absolutely incapable of rational thought.[/quote]

Everyone understands how contracts work.

Nobody has a problem with teachers being contracted for fewer than the 250 days (minus ten days of leave) that is more common in the full time workforce. The only reason care at all how many days teachers work is when discussions come up about comparing salaries. Shockingly, nobody cares about how many days oil rig workers work, because they aren't on these boards complaining about their pay. You know this, but are being willfully obtuse.[/quote]

lol everyone except you. Still so salty because 10 different people had to explain something to you that you still don’t get? [/quote]

Still sending your Sunday trying to bully people online are you?[/quote]

I'm not even the same poster. I just recognize your pathetic posts when I see them now. Maybe it's time for you to stop posting. [/quote]

I'm fascinated by the fact that apparently multiple posters here think it is somehow convincing or persuasive to talk to people this way. I can see through the fact that you all keep saying I don't understand, but you can't actually point to any actual statement I have made that is incorrect. Certainly, you all are good at imagining in your heads ridiculous things that people could say, and arguing against that, but then you are just arguing with yourselves.[/quote]

I don’t even care about this topic but don’t you know when it’s time to shut up? No one takes you seriously. Your posts are incoherent. You haven’t actually made any sense. You’re arguing with multiple people and you can’t even pick out who is who but yet we all know who you are. [/quote]

Why do you think it's okay to talk to people this way? The fact that it's multiple people does not make it better. Why would I be able to pick out who is who on an anonymous message board? Literally answer that question, please? [/quote]

Use that grey matter called your brain. I’ve easily followed along and can see who posted what. Yikes.[/quote]

I really hope you are getting paid to be this terrible to people because if this is just how you entertain yourself, that's really disheartening.[/quote]

Nah, def not. I’m sorry you’ve been called out on your stupidity… must be rough. (Again, the best part is.. you keep replying to other posters instead of the OP… you’re not terribly brilliant are ya?)[/quote]

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