Why do people care what others make?

Just jumping in to say thanks to the all the private school teachers out there. I am very grateful to you for choosing this path. Mad props to you!

Anonymous wrote:Again..your choice. You have a safe job with summer off and livariousnlkng breaks. Good god the two week breaks at spring break and Xmas are hard for most working families.

Uh, I think you’re the complainer. That’s pretty clear. The others are simply telling what they do.

Again..your choice. You have a safe job with summer off and livariousnlkng breaks. Good god the two week breaks at spring break and Xmas are hard for most working families.

Anonymous wrote:I am also pretty amazed that the poster would complain about having doctor's appointments--everyone has them and working people have to figure it out. I am not saying a teacher should not be well paid but going on and on about how hard the job is when you have a ton of time off and a stable income that you don't have to wonder if you are getting laid off like monthly. You can literally leave each day before the rest of people can leave. There are huge benefits and for private schools the tution discounts are a nice draw.

I generally spend 2-5 hours at home reading and commenting upon composition drafts, and also rereading novel chapters so I'm ready for class discussion (even though I've read the novels many times, I need to review individual chapters I've assigned, and then, I also periodically add different, new-to-me texts to the rotation). So yeah, I leave work earlier, but then I work for multiple hours at home. And on weekends.

I've never had a "ton of time off." I'm spending October break chaperoning an international trip, and this is hard work with long hours, not a free vacation (I kind of dread these trips, actually, and always return exhausted). I've never had a summer "off", either.

I am also pretty amazed that the poster would complain about having doctor's appointments--everyone has them and working people have to figure it out. I am not saying a teacher should not be well paid but going on and on about how hard the job is when you have a ton of time off and a stable income that you don't have to wonder if you are getting laid off like monthly. You can literally leave each day before the rest of people can leave. There are huge benefits and for private schools the tution discounts are a nice draw.

Anonymous wrote:also summer is not 3 months off. it's 8 weeks and packed with professional development, second jobs, all the doctors appts they couldn't get to during the school year, etc.

But you are paid. Second job your choice

lmao at everyone hating on teachers (again)

I am 15 years into my teaching career. I make 72k at a big 3 and get half tuition r

Anonymous wrote:also summer is not 3 months off. it's 8 weeks and packed with professional development, second jobs, all the doctors appts they couldn't get to during the school year, etc.

And those second jobs pay money. My sister charges $80/hr for tutoring. She makes over 100K a year with the second job.

Oh damn. Never got in all the doctors’ Appointments.

also summer is not 3 months off. it's 8 weeks and packed with professional development, second jobs, all the doctors appts they couldn't get to during the school year, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:BFF teaches HS private in the DC area (not at a big 3). She has a Phd in her subject and makes $80k. She gets about 50% tuition assistance for her son.

She laments about benefits but likes the ability to teach in a more collegiate manner than having to teach to specific standards.

$80k with a PhD? I make more than that and didn't go to college. Teachers are underpaid.

For comparison: I make 80k as a near-tenured humanities professor at GW. I wrote a book, have published a ton of articles, have gotten NEH grants, and work about 60 hours a week writing, teaching and doing admin for the department. Clearly am not doing this for the money. And yes, definitely underpaid.

You get your summers off. Working full time in the ‘real world’ would be an adjustment. You know you love it, don’t lie.

Sorry, this is off topic and a vent, but I always laugh when I hear teachers and professors complain about how many hours a week they work...and then brag about the three months of vacation and Christmas and spring break. Y’all need to stop complaining about how hard you work at your PART TIME job. Most people work 50 weeks a year, you work anywhere from 38-40 weeks a year. And yes, most of us work more than 40hrs a week for those 50 weeks.

And I always laugh when I hear parents throw these old arguments into the mix in order to make themselves feel better about how little their school pays (i.e., values) its teachers despite the high tuition rates.

- not a teacher

Agreed. FYI PP: many teachers work in the summer. For instance: My sister tutors and works as an assistant to a child psychologist. Most academics work their assess off year round. Publish or perish. It is near impossible to get a tenure-track job. Writing publishable material is not writing a grocery list, but takes months of revision and wait time from publishers. These are not complaints, no! Just a reality check.

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Anonymous wrote:BFF teaches HS private in the DC area (not at a big 3). She has a Phd in her subject and makes $80k. She gets about 50% tuition assistance for her son.

She laments about benefits but likes the ability to teach in a more collegiate manner than having to teach to specific standards.

$80k with a PhD? I make more than that and didn't go to college. Teachers are underpaid.

For comparison: I make 80k as a near-tenured humanities professor at GW. I wrote a book, have published a ton of articles, have gotten NEH grants, and work about 60 hours a week writing, teaching and doing admin for the department. Clearly am not doing this for the money. And yes, definitely underpaid.

You get your summers off. Working full time in the ‘real world’ would be an adjustment. You know you love it, don’t lie.

Sorry, this is off topic and a vent, but I always laugh when I hear teachers and professors complain about how many hours a week they work...and then brag about the three months of vacation and Christmas and spring break. Y’all need to stop complaining about how hard you work at your PART TIME job. Most people work 50 weeks a year, you work anywhere from 38-40 weeks a year. And yes, most of us work more than 40hrs a week for those 50 weeks.

And I always laugh when I hear parents throw these old arguments into the mix in order to make themselves feel better about how little their school pays (i.e., values) its teachers despite the high tuition rates.

- not a teacher

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Anonymous wrote:BFF teaches HS private in the DC area (not at a big 3). She has a Phd in her subject and makes $80k. She gets about 50% tuition assistance for her son.

She laments about benefits but likes the ability to teach in a more collegiate manner than having to teach to specific standards.

$80k with a PhD? I make more than that and didn't go to college. Teachers are underpaid.

For comparison: I make 80k as a near-tenured humanities professor at GW. I wrote a book, have published a ton of articles, have gotten NEH grants, and work about 60 hours a week writing, teaching and doing admin for the department. Clearly am not doing this for the money. And yes, definitely underpaid.

You get your summers off. Working full time in the ‘real world’ would be an adjustment. You know you love it, don’t lie.

Sorry, this is off topic and a vent, but I always laugh when I hear teachers and professors complain about how many hours a week they work...and then brag about the three months of vacation and Christmas and spring break. Y’all need to stop complaining about how hard you work at your PART TIME job. Most people work 50 weeks a year, you work anywhere from 38-40 weeks a year. And yes, most of us work more than 40hrs a week for those 50 weeks.