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[quote=Anonymous]My Mom who was a teacher told me not to go into teaching as she saw the writing on the wall with how little respect she was given by admin/parents and how people in general view teachers. She was right. I do work for the public schools but as a specialist and I feel that I am treated much better then teachers. This is unfortunate because I see first hand hand how much work goes into being a teacher and how passionate my teacher friends are about their jobs. But they are getting discouraged by curriculum changes and test scores. I would never tell my daughter to go into teaching and the DCUM crowd reminds me of that when I read threads like these. I shudder for our kids educational futures. Less people want to go into teaching as it is and many states have had to hire unqualified teachers to get warm bodies into the classrooms. It's only going to get worse as testing pressure and influx of ESOL students continue to rise.
The MCPS raise is a product of teachers giving up steps and colas years ago. In order to retain teachers you need to have a competitive salary. Working 20 years to make 90K in this area is not extravagant. My heart goes out to the social workers who have it much worse in terms of caseload, benefits and pay. [/quote]

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