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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LMAO I do not make 80k. You just made up an arbitrary number of years and went with that number [/quote]

it wasn't totally arbitrary- you said you had multiple degrees, and had several years of experience teaching.  So I went with the 'masters plus 30 units' scale and assumed about 10 years of teaching experience.

But honestly- if you go with masters plus 30 units and assume 5 years of experience- you would be making about 63k, which would turn into 76k over 12 mos.  I still don't know entry level jobs (outside of biglaw) that employee people at 76k starting out.   [/quote]

Literally any “consultant” working in the Federal IT or Defense space makes more than this to start. And they top out a lot higher than teachers, and rarely have multiple degrees, and people don’t denigrate their livelihoods, even though anyone can do that job, unlike teaching.[/quote]

Thank you. I am a published writer, I am educated, and I excelled in my field. PP seems to think I’m demanding a six figure job with unlimited vacation but I am not, and what I am seeking, I’m qualified for. I will never understand the logic of treating the people in charge of educating your children as barely literate unemployable cretins. [/quote]

It’s a twofold mindset. First, the wealthy mindset see teachers much like governesses, aka household staff. Slightly elevated from nanny/au pair, so you may eat at their table and not downstairs with the maids and butlers, but you aren’t one of them and never will be. Then you have the hillbilly mindset, who resent those with more education and who are jealous/resentful that other “ordinary” people who live in their same communities have what they see as much better jobs (better benefits/pensions/summers off) than them.

I think there are posters who fall into either category on this thread.

In most other countries, teachers are highly paid professionals and are revered and respected. Americans suck, generally. That’s why Covid is out of control and teachers are routinely sh** upon. [/quote]

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