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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's probably going to be a lot of turnover in a lot of professions. The pandemic has a lot of people rethinking their career choices.

Teachers in DC seem like they have a pretty cushy gig. They are extremely well paid and their union runs the schools. If they move somewhere else, they're likely going to take a pay cut and other school systems are not going to be so deferential to all their demands. [/quote]

Good lord stop the teacher bashing. The only thing I’ve demanded of our union this year was to stop throwing up roadblocks to reopening schools. It is unhelpful to throw around cheap shots like that. And if you think $75K/year is extremely well-paid for a highly-effective teacher with 8 years of experience, living in DC, I’m not sure what you would consider a reasonable salary. I consider it adequate, but would be making twice as much if I’d remained in my previous field. MANY of us felt poorly represented by the WTU this year. [/quote]

DP here, but why did you leave your previous field then?

Also keep in mind that teacher salaries are for 10 months of the year, so your $75K would be $90K if full-time. That's actually a very good salary for someone with only 8 years experience. You could earn more money over the summer if you choose to work full-time instead of the just the 10 month teacher contract with summers off.[/quote]

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