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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]BFF teaches HS private in the DC area (not at a big 3).  She has a Phd in her subject and makes $80k.  She gets about  50% tuition assistance for her son.

She laments about benefits but likes the ability to teach in a more collegiate manner than having to teach to specific standards.[/quote]

$80k with a PhD? I make more than that and didn't go to college. Teachers are underpaid.[/quote]

For comparison: I make 80k as a near-tenured humanities professor at GW. I wrote a book, have published a ton of articles, have gotten NEH grants, and work about 60 hours a week writing, teaching and doing admin for the department. Clearly am not doing this for the money. And yes, definitely underpaid. [/quote]

You get your summers off. Working full time in the ‘real world’ would be an adjustment. You know you love it, don’t lie. [/quote]

Sorry, this is off topic and a vent, but I always laugh when I hear teachers and professors complain about how many hours a week they work...and then brag about the three months of vacation and Christmas and spring break. Y’all need to stop complaining about how hard you work at your PART TIME job. Most people work 50 weeks a year, you work anywhere from 38-40 weeks a year. And yes, most of us work more than 40hrs a week for those 50 weeks.  [/quote]

And I always laugh when I hear parents throw these old arguments into the mix in order to make themselves feel better about how little their school pays (i.e., values) its teachers despite the high tuition rates.

- not a teacher[/quote]

Agreed. FYI PP: many teachers work in the summer. For instance: My sister tutors and works as an assistant to a child psychologist. Most academics work their assess off year round. Publish or perish. It is near impossible to get a tenure-track job. Writing publishable material is not writing a grocery list, but takes months of revision and wait time from publishers. These are not complaints, no! Just a reality check. [/quote]

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