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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yikes!  This thread is depressing.    Is teaching easy or fun every day?  No.  No job is.   The first or second year can be brutal emotionally if you are in a tough school.  That is usually the biggest problem.   Some people just don't have the IQ/EQ to handle it depending on their placement, but it is mostly just about hard work.  Slackers, people who are entitled, or those that have personality issues don't make it.  It's like being in the military in a way.  You need to be from a certain variety of mindsets to be successful.

What I like about teaching is that I don't have to sit at a desk all day.   Every day is different.   I like challenges.   I can get a job in many different countries without too much effort.  I have never concerned myself with admin politics.  Waste of my energy.  My only complaints have been about student behavior, especially when it affects others or is unsafe.  Very frustrating at the moment.
  
 I like having flexible time in summers.   Some times I'll take classes all summer.  Mostly it is home improvement and hobbies in the summer while taking care of my family. I can't stand to sit around and read a book on the beach like some imply.   Salaries are decent and reliable if you are in a good school system/state with union support.   I have benefits, pension, Roth IRA, 403b, and 457b.  I can take care of my family members when they are sick.  I get the same days off as my children.
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You can do all of those things on just your salary? Wow. Tell me your secret. Or are you married to a higher earning spouse?[/quote]

Are you unfamiliar with what teachers make in this area and other well funded districts in the northeast?  My best friend and her DH are both teachers and they get along just fine- sure they'll never be rich but are comfortable and have good benefits/retirement.  No worse than other public employees.[/quote]

Again, this is no doable on one salary. That was my point. I'm a teacher and a single parent and I forgo paying some bills each month just to get by. My kids used to qualify for FARMs my first few years of teaching. Good health insurance won't pay my monthly bills.[/quote]

There aren't many public sector jobs where you'd get by in the DMV on one salary early in your career, particularly if you have kids.  A $55k starting salary isn't too bad for 10 months work with a bachelor's degree.  [/quote]

Everyone I went to college with earned a minimum of $75K in their first year out of college. It took me 10 years to get to that point. They earned over $100K within 3-5 years. Everyone knows that teachers are underpaid according to their educational level by a lot.[/quote]

Sounds like you went to college with people going into STEM fields or business/finance. Almost certainly private sector, since feds wouldn't make that much. For a non-STEM, public sector job, $50k starting isn't terrible. It's not great, but it's not terrible.

I do agree teachers should get paid more, mind you. But they should really vary the pay based on the difficulty of recruiting, which probably mostly means SPED and STEM.[/quote]

Teachers get paid far more in this area than other areas.  They made about $10K more than social workers and we had to work year round and more hours (from even the teachers I know who put in extra hours).[/quote]

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