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We're not PAID during those 8 weeks, genius.  Many take classes to keep up with certification.  Others train in special programs b/c their schools offer signatures.  And others are working toward an advanced degree.

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Interesting you bring up that you're not paid during those 8 weeks. That makes the &quot;teachers are underpaid&quot; trope even more ridiculous.

So where most of us are paid for 52 weeks, you're paid for 44 weeks (just using your numbers - I'm sure it is less but let's factor in days off equally across the two - even though we know teachers get more days off).

Average DC teacher pay of $77,512, spread across 44 weeks is equal to $91,605 if you were working a full year job.

Equivalent pay of $91k + lots of time off and a child-friendly schedule - no wonder so many people want to become teachers. [/quote]

But you're not working a full-year job. [b]Teachers can't pay the mortgage with the money they would earn if they were paid for 52 weeks[/b].

And &quot;no wonder so many people want to become teachers&quot; indeed. If being a teacher is so grand, why aren't all the high-achievers striving to become teachers instead of doctors&gt;[/quote]

No, but we teachers can (1) live within our means (I save a portion of my salary all year so that it gets me through the summer); (2) not use childcare much if at all in the summers, which our full-year friends cannot do; and/or (3) do some work in the summer (I tutor 5-6 hours a week @$60/hour) to bolster the bank account.

It's not rocket science.[/quote]

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