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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]While its tough to start out teaching, we can't expect to hand every new teacher a high salary that is usually reserved for the senior teachers.

Heck, take almost any profession with a 4 year degree and you will find all entry-level salaries are too low to live in Fairfax County.

This really isn't a low entry level teacher salary problem, this is really a 'that how life works' kind of a problem.

-Rent an apartment, commute, find a roommate, save up, move around, earn higher pay, shop around, find a life partner, then put a down payment on a property.

-Didn't we learn this in the Game of Life board game? [/quote]

I think the thing you’re missing is that teachers’ salaries do not go up that much over the years. I have a masters degree and taught for 15 years, leaving teaching in 2020. My starting salary in 2005 was 33,000. My ending salary 15 years later was 45,000. (This was not FFx county…just an example of how little salaries for teachers go up based on experience.[/quote]

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