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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm so sorry that you're jealous of our cushy, high paying jobs in the field of education.

FWIW, my friend who's been a Fed for fewer years than I've been teaching is making almost twice my salary.

So I have no idea what you're complaining about, as I'm certain your pay isn't exactly at the low end either[/quote].

I'm neither jealous of your job in the field of education nor complaining about my equally high paying job in the field of social work.  But I do believe that a 7% raise IS unequivocally CUSHY in the current economic climate (e.g. the County and State are crying "broke").  So enjoy your raise but please stop bitching about it -- particularly to your fellow public servants who are "raise-less" (and hoping that our particular jobs -- of helping children in crisis -- aren't eliminated/diminished when the budget ax comes around).

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The problem is not a 7% raise per se. I would love to see teachers earn 7%, 20% more BASED ON THEIR SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE. Across the board raises don't make any sense in general, much less in the economic context we live in. It is another example of a special group, be it greedy Wall Streeters or unionized teachers, beating the general interest.[/quote]

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