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Originally posted by HelloKitty22
Kddani,
This is what teachers make ... Period. They don't go on to high paying jobs after their one year clerkship.
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Actually the figures that I posted were from my school district, the teachers who actually taught me. They start off at $39K and can go over $75K, at least for the moment. Over the years, their contract negotiations will make it go up.
A lot of people in our community are shocked... my initial shock was comparing it to what my salary may be. Yes, I want to clerk for a judge, but even if I wasn't, the salaries for attorneys starting out in anything but the big firms are not what people think they are. You'd be damn lucky to see $75K, and likely will see $45-55K. And clerking isn't as prestigious of a job as it seems... especially with the economy
Since it was my own school district that I was raised and educated in, and keep up with fairly well, I know the quality of the education. For $75K, those teachers should've taught myself and the rest of my classmates how to write before I got to college... thankfully I had great college teachers my first year who helped me out a lot.