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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I was being sarcastic.

And keep in mind, Social Worker, that we, too, as educators, deal with damaged children on a daily basis - DAILY. Sadly, I've called CPS one too many times only to see NOTHING good result from my actions. In fact, there were several families where abuse was suspected and there were calls at every level - elementary, middle and high. And guess what? Nothing happened!
 
So I'll say this much - We teach, we parent, we protect. We deserve our raises[/quote].

Please shut-up!  No one has said that teachers don't deserve a raise; so why are you being so defensive about comments that question the budgetary/fiscal wisdom of a raise (whether it's .5%, 7%, or anything else)?  As a beneficiary of a raise, your particular comments come across as ungrateful/unappreciative/unsympathetic that teachers are at least getting something (I think one poster said it would be an additional $65 -- which still trumps the $0 increase that other equally deserving County employees will see in their pay).  But maybe there's no raise that would sufficiently compensate you for having to [b]deal with damaged children on a daily basis.[/b]  [b]Listening to you, it seems like the soldiers in Afghanistan have a cake-walk compared to what MCPS teachers have to endure. [/b]      [/quote]

So true! I mean, think about what elementary school teachers working with kids from the mean streets of Potomac have to endure on a daily basis. The Tiger Moms! The BigLaw Dads! The Mercedes SUVs in the carpool line!

I do wonder how many soldiers deployed in Afghanistan average more than $70K per year.  Probably not many.[/quote]

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