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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Hence why smart MCPS graduates are not pursuing degrees in education. Does not make financial sense to do so.

Teachers become teachers because they love the career of teaching, not to make money. Doesn't make them not "smart MCPS graduates." If people didn't follow their passion and just focused on money, there would be no teachers.

Sure, but we shouldn’t undervalue them simply because they have service-oriented hearts. What they do is important to our society and it takes a lot of skill and knowledge to do it well. Why shouldn’t we pay them accordingly?

When you factor things like retirement int their 50s with a decent pension and only having to work less than 180 days per year the pay doesn't seem that bad.

I’m a teacher. I don’t know a single teacher who retired in their 50s. And working less than 180 days a year? Can we stop spreading that nonsense? I’ll be working this summer to prepare for next year (for free) and I’ll be taking classes (that I paid for). No… I don’t get paid enough.

If you truly think teaching is so easy and well compensated, I welcome you to join us. My school is facing severe shortages for next year. If we don’t fill them, I’ll be teaching those classes during my planning periods. Again. You can also join me at 7pm, 8pm, or 11pm each night next year when I’m revising lessons and grading essays. I could use the help.

Teacher from another MD district here. Just curious. Are MCPS teachers required to give up their planning periods to cover for teachers? Our contract says we are only required to fill in for teachers in an emergency (teacher gets sick mid-day, etc). I always say no for coverage or I'd never sleep.

Unfortunately, not getting a sub is an "emergency".

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Hence why smart MCPS graduates are not pursuing degrees in education. Does not make financial sense to do so.

Teachers become teachers because they love the career of teaching, not to make money. Doesn't make them not "smart MCPS graduates." If people didn't follow their passion and just focused on money, there would be no teachers.

Sure, but we shouldn’t undervalue them simply because they have service-oriented hearts. What they do is important to our society and it takes a lot of skill and knowledge to do it well. Why shouldn’t we pay them accordingly?

When you factor things like retirement int their 50s with a decent pension and only having to work less than 180 days per year the pay doesn't seem that bad.

I’m a teacher. I don’t know a single teacher who retired in their 50s. And working less than 180 days a year? Can we stop spreading that nonsense? I’ll be working this summer to prepare for next year (for free) and I’ll be taking classes (that I paid for). No… I don’t get paid enough.

If you truly think teaching is so easy and well compensated, I welcome you to join us. My school is facing severe shortages for next year. If we don’t fill them, I’ll be teaching those classes during my planning periods. Again. You can also join me at 7pm, 8pm, or 11pm each night next year when I’m revising lessons and grading essays. I could use the help.

Teacher from another MD district here. Just curious. Are MCPS teachers required to give up their planning periods to cover for teachers? Our contract says we are only required to fill in for teachers in an emergency (teacher gets sick mid-day, etc). I always say no for coverage or I'd never sleep.

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Hence why smart MCPS graduates are not pursuing degrees in education. Does not make financial sense to do so.

Teachers become teachers because they love the career of teaching, not to make money. Doesn't make them not "smart MCPS graduates." If people didn't follow their passion and just focused on money, there would be no teachers.

Sure, but we shouldn’t undervalue them simply because they have service-oriented hearts. What they do is important to our society and it takes a lot of skill and knowledge to do it well. Why shouldn’t we pay them accordingly?

When you factor things like retirement int their 50s with a decent pension and only having to work less than 180 days per year the pay doesn't seem that bad.

I’m a teacher. I don’t know a single teacher who retired in their 50s. And working less than 180 days a year? Can we stop spreading that nonsense? I’ll be working this summer to prepare for next year (for free) and I’ll be taking classes (that I paid for). No… I don’t get paid enough.

If you truly think teaching is so easy and well compensated, I welcome you to join us. My school is facing severe shortages for next year. If we don’t fill them, I’ll be teaching those classes during my planning periods. Again. You can also join me at 7pm, 8pm, or 11pm each night next year when I’m revising lessons and grading essays. I could use the help.

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Hence why smart MCPS graduates are not pursuing degrees in education. Does not make financial sense to do so.

Teachers become teachers because they love the career of teaching, not to make money. Doesn't make them not "smart MCPS graduates." If people didn't follow their passion and just focused on money, there would be no teachers.

Sure, but we shouldn’t undervalue them simply because they have service-oriented hearts. What they do is important to our society and it takes a lot of skill and knowledge to do it well. Why shouldn’t we pay them accordingly?

When you factor things like retirement int their 50s with a decent pension and only having to work less than 180 days per year the pay doesn't seem that bad.

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Hence why smart MCPS graduates are not pursuing degrees in education. Does not make financial sense to do so.

Teachers become teachers because they love the career of teaching, not to make money. Doesn't make them not "smart MCPS graduates." If people didn't follow their passion and just focused on money, there would be no teachers.

Sure, but we shouldn’t undervalue them simply because they have service-oriented hearts. What they do is important to our society and it takes a lot of skill and knowledge to do it well. Why shouldn’t we pay them accordingly?

When you factor things like retirement int their 50s with a decent pension and only having to work less than 180 days per year the pay doesn't seem that bad.

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Hence why smart MCPS graduates are not pursuing degrees in education. Does not make financial sense to do so.

Teachers become teachers because they love the career of teaching, not to make money. Doesn't make them not "smart MCPS graduates." If people didn't follow their passion and just focused on money, there would be no teachers.

Sure, but we shouldn’t undervalue them simply because they have service-oriented hearts. What they do is important to our society and it takes a lot of skill and knowledge to do it well. Why shouldn’t we pay them accordingly?

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Hence why smart MCPS graduates are not pursuing degrees in education. Does not make financial sense to do so.

Teachers become teachers because they love the career of teaching, not to make money. Doesn't make them not "smart MCPS graduates." If people didn't follow their passion and just focused on money, there would be no teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Hence why smart MCPS graduates are not pursuing degrees in education. Does not make financial sense to do so.

Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

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Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.

Yes!!! I started teaching in mcps over 20 years ago and was making 35k! It took a long time, and a lot of extra education, to move up the pay scale!

Anonymous wrote:So parents, before you go bashing your child's teacher for whatever reason, you need to realize that your tax dollars of basically paying for many new teachers to qualify for subsidized housing. They have college degrees but they cannot afford to live in your county unless they are propped up by subsidies.