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To: Ish who wrote (36760)	6/16/2005 12:58:40 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

"They start at around $30k and head up fast. I saw where one grade school teacher was making over $90k and several others were in the $70s and $80s. Plus health care and retirement. Not bad for a part time job." You know not of what you speak. Teaching is NOT a part-time job, salaries do NOT "head up fast" from starting levels, rare is the teacher making "$70s and $80s", much less "over $90k", and $30k to start is NOT much to attract this nation's college grads - especially the ones I'd want teaching my kids. $30k is the AVERAGE for LIBERAL ARTS majors graduating from US colleges this year - money.cnn.com - and is 25-45% below what graduates in technical fields or business get, on average, to start. And the average salary for ALL teachers, K-12 nationwide, is only $44k. As for teaching being "a part-time job", try it. Teachers work more hours in ten months than most American workers do in twelve (and then often have continuing education requirements they must meet during the summer). And with a lot more stress and aggrevation than most jobs, too. Teachers are not to blame for your property tax "problem" - they are just an easy target for whiners who don't understand or respect the job they do.