Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!
Posted by NC teacher on 6/18/09

To Marina and others-while it is true that teachers in NC are not
unionized, we are not oppressed slaves either. Your comments
indicate a lack of knowledge and a clear anti-Southern bias which is
somewhat condescending. I grew up in Maryland. I love living and
teaching in NC. I imagine some of you draw your opinions of NC
teaching from the NC board on this website. It represents the views
of perhaps a dozen people. At this moment, it would appear that the
NC legislature is doing a better job of trying to protect teaching
jobs in NC than the union of Florida or some other states.

On 6/18/09, job seeker wrote:
> I see that teachers are not in the same situation in the south,
> where it is the 'old way' of poor pay/conditions.
>
> Mark, you made some great points. The reason everything is so
> good now for teachers is because of the unions (and the opposite
> for those non-unionized.)
>
> There are few jobs out there that offer the security and
> pension, protections, etc. of a teacher. If you work for the
> post office you get protections, but the pay is not that good.
> Work for Walmart of Joe & Joe Law Firm or other corporation, you
> are 'at will' and can lose your job easily. I've worked in 9-5
> jobs, and you get 2 weeks vacation a year, which is very hard.
> Where else do you get as much time off as a teacher?
>
> I can sympathize with teachers in NC or wherever where they have
> none of these benefits and perks, but the teachers in my area
> who complain about not having enough money or having to work an
> extra 15 minutes....I'm sorry, that is not right.
>
> And yes, young women (mostly) are flooding into the education
> degree program. To get a BA in education is not that difficult,
> and most other professions require a Masters. I have seen
> student teachers at my school who could not spell, and who
> frankly did not seem to have talent. (I understand they are
> young, but still they just did a bad job controlling the class
> and creating a lesson.) So yes, the level of teachers will go up
> because it has become a very desirable situation, and more and
> more talented people will be choosing teaching instead of
> marketing, accounting, computers, etc.

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• "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.
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• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/23/09, by Joe.
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• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/23/09, by Elena.
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• Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!, 7/23/09, by NBCTer.
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