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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Simple answer is teachers are treated like unpro crap and blamed for society's ills while being paid peanuts and getting no support from the admin or union.[/quote]

That’s the reason. I can’t think of another profession requiring a specialized degree and license that pays so little [/quote]

I can’t think of any other profession that gets over 3 months off per year. [/quote]

You mean a 2 month unpaid furlough, correct? Nobody gets 3 months “off.”

Teachers aren’t paid for the summer. They are essentially out of work for 2 entire months.

Try again. The “summers off” argument has been disproven time and time again. [/quote]

Their benefits remain unchanged and they have the option to be paid over 12 months.[/quote]

They pay for their benefits in each paycheck during the school year. If they choose, they can have appr. 18% of each check withheld so they can get paychecks in the summer. It took me until my 9th year of teaching to be able to afford to cut my school year paychecks to do the pay all year. I couldn't afford to pay my bills when I would only net $1100 every two weeks. I had a student loan, rent, food, gas, car payment, etc. Plus I had to spend a lot of my own money on my classroom. I even brought in paper towels and soap because so few of my students brought it in. Those were some very lean years. It's still lean but I started tutoring years ago to supplement my paycheck and I paid off my loan faster.[/quote]

To be clear, they **and the school districts** pay for those benefits. Schools are paying thousands of dollars over the summer months to continue a teacher's benefits. It's not the teachers themselves are paying the full premiums for the summer months.[/quote]

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