What teachers really want to tell parents.

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

I find it really interesting that this thread has turned into this. I understand why it has turned into this. I just see great irony because the belief that teachers are overworked and underpaid is really what most topics of teaching are embedded in--even when some teachers get angry when people say that is what it is embedded in. Like I said, there is always more than a one-sided story and many teachers would be more tolerant of school system ups and downs if they felt they were working for equal compensation.

If someone is going to try to say that I am making too much money as a teacher, I am surely going to tell them they are sorely mistaken. If it wouldn't have me "found out", I'd have no problem posting my monthly take home pay and compare that to my required living expenses. Then, tell me I live on Snob Hill and don't deserve a pay increase.

Originally Posted by 33girl

ROFLMAO. There is no "Corporate America" in the town of which I speak. If anything, the more monied housing is probably owned by families where both husband and wife are teachers.

You don't know that both husband and wife are teachers on Snob Hill. I live in a teeny tiny town where name goes further as well, but could easily commute ~1 hour in any direction to Corporate America.

/permanently exiting thread now.