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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have worked as an educator in states where teachers get poorly compensated in Texas and South Carolina....trust me when I say that you wouldn't want your kids attending the majority of schools in these areas.  I truly believe you get what you pay for....Teachers are nicely compensated in MOCO, and the county can therefore typically attract a more talented and high caliber workforce.  I was getting ready to jump ship to another county where the cost of living is lower....however, the step increases have lured me to stay put.  I have a doctorate, work a 12 month year, and will make $86,000 with 9 years of experience, once the raises kick in.  I think this is a good salary,  even when factoring in the high cost of living here.  So yes, I definitely make more than than the average teacher in the nation but am on par or below other white collar professionals in the DC metro area.  [b]I don't understand the attack on teachers--do you want those who educate your children to not be fairly compensated? [/b] I think people have subscribed to the notion that certain helping professionals have no right to earn a decent income as perhaps they think it detracts from the "nobleness" of the field, and become outraged when there is evidence to the contrary.  Teaching remains a highly feminized profession and I can't help but wonder if there are some underlying sexist notions at work as well, regarding women and monetary compensation.[/quote]

So questioning whether raises are appropriate when no other county employees are receiving comparable increases constitutes an "attack" and a belief that teachers shodu not be "fairly compensated" is just absurd.  It's a straw man.  No one is arguing that teachers shouldn't been fairly compensated.  Please stop trying to change the argument.  [/quote]

PP is not trying to change the argument.  YOU just don't get it.

Again, what are your priorities?  Would you rather spend your tax money housing prisoners or educating our youth?

tons of juvies out there, whether you want to acknowledge that or not
hundreds of gang members in your own backyard

I've seen my fair share of troubled kids saved by some good teachers. One, in fact, got a full ride to Princeton.

So you decide.  [/quote]

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