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Re: "the myth of underpaid teachers" no longer true!
Posted by NC teacher on 6/19/09

I guess we should always question whether the lens we see through
gives us an accurate picture. Sorry your ex feels abused. The many
teachers at my school who have come from elsewhere (mostly Michigan
and Ohio) seem happy enough, but I don't know their inner thoughts. It
is true they came here because there was no hope of a job back home.
NC has enjoyed a tremendous boom and so feels the bust more than some
states that have been in a recession for awhile. There are already
signs of improvement, however.

Twenty years ago my family moved in the middle of the school year to
upstate New York. My five year old came home the first day and
wondered why there were no "brown children" in his classroom. He had
been in an integrated kindergarten in Charlotte. Two weeks later I had
an interview for a teaching job with a principal who seemed concerned
that I had been living in the South. He talked at some length about
how horribly people were treated in the South. When I repeated my
son's question to him, he seemed shocked. "We have neighborhood
schools!" he said. Federal judges had ruled neighborhood, segregated
schools in Charlotte and Richmond unconstitutional. Obviously, I
didn't get the job. And obviously, I developed a bias of my own about
the sanctimonious "enlightenment" of the North. That bias is probably
as incorrect as yours about North Carolina.

NC schools aren't perfect. Teachers everywhere need more money and
more respect. But I don't think the South has a tendency to treat
teachers or anyone else worse than people and systems in any other
part of the country.

On 6/19/09, Marina wrote:

> My ex teaches in NC: this is where I get my info. I'm horrified by
> what he tells me. I'm doing much better than he is treatment-wise,
> benefit-wise, and pay-wise. My school could not get away with the
> things his school pulls on a regular basis. I do have a bit of an
> anti-Southern bias, but that's only because it's warrented: southern
> states have a tendency to treat teachers badly. I'm sorry if I've
> offended you. I have nothing against the people of NC.

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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.
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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