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Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!
Posted by Elena on 6/17/09

First of all, not all areas of the country have unions.
Many of the states in the south are "right to work states"
in which there is no collective bargaining. Where I teach,
there is no such thing as tenure. Everyone is on annual
contract. To me anyway, an average salary of $50,000 is not
great. You cannot afford to buy a home, send children to
college, or travel internationally on such a salary.

I do agree about the bachelors in education part. The
universities let students squander their money to get
degrees in a field where there are no openings. In nursing
they control how many students are admitted in order not to
flood the market.

In many ways, teaching is very desirable. To be honest, I
really became a teacher because of the long vacations and
holidays. I hated the business world because of the skimpy
two-week vacations. I was lucky that once I got into
teaching, I enjoyed it.

On 6/17/09, job-seeker wrote:
> Hi. I'm throwing this out for discussion......
>
> Years ago, teachers were considered underpaid, overworked,
> generally a lousy profession. But this seems to be a thing
> of the past.
>
> Since teachers have been unionized, they have a pretty
> good situation. Benefits, pension, tenure, union lawyers,
> paid training, long vacations...As for salaries, in my
> state (new hampshire....a rural state) the average salary
> is $50,000.
>
> To become a teacher, you only need a bachelors in
> education. This is why the job market is flooded with
> teachers and it is no longer easy to find teaching
> positions.
>
> Getting a teachers contract in a public school is VERY
> desirable, not what it used to be! Any thoughts?

Posts on this thread, including this one

"the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by job-seeker.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by Elena.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by pixie.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by Marina.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by WEK.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by SpecEd Teacher.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by Mark.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/17/09, by Mark.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/18/09, by job seeker.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/18/09, by NC teacher.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/18/09, by mark.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/19/09, by Marina.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/19/09, by NC teacher.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/19/09, by kate.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/19/09, by mark.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/20/09, by julia.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 6/20/09, by Catsister.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/01/09, by mel.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/14/09, by teaching in PA.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/14/09, by Compared to what?.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/14/09, by mark.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/14/09, by anon.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/14/09, by sped.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/15/09, by PA Teacher.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/16/09, by sped.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/20/09, by maybe I'm bitter.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/20/09, by deal with it.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/21/09, by Sympathetic.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/21/09, by deal with it.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/21/09, by sped.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/21/09, by maybe I'm bitter.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/21/09, by sped.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/22/09, by No one gets a "contract" here.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/22/09, by Pa Teacher.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/22/09, by Joe.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/22/09, by let me clarify.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/22/09, by Not as easy in ALL states.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/22/09, by Elena.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/22/09, by let me clarify once again.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/22/09, by Oh New York.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/23/09, by Joe.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/23/09, by Clarification.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/23/09, by Elena.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/23/09, by don't like tests.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/23/09, by NBCTer.
Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/23/09, by Clarification.

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