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MT Teachers Chatboard TOP POSTS ALL POSTS SUBMIT POST Search Teachers.Net Advanced You're on the... MT Teachers Chatboard top posts | all posts | submit post Make MT Teachers a Favorite! We also recommend... State Teachers Mailring Lesson Plans • Math • Language Arts • Science • Social Studies • Music • Art & Crafts • Phys Ed • Other Teacher Chatboards • latest posts • by subject • by grade level • by state • all chatboards • language arts center • technology center • foreign language center • hot topics • interest groups Teaching Jobs Classroom Projects Teacher Mailrings Teachers.Net Gazette • Current Issue • Harry Wong Column • Teacher Classified Ads • Classroom Printables next post skip topic Print | Share | Report Post Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it? Posted by Deal with it on 9/01/08 Show proof that Montana is not the lowest paying state. Show proof your kids are not JDs. Too bad if you take offense to it. Go complain to the bleeding hearts club. It took you how many months to respond to the post? Were you busy trying to bail your students out of jail on your minimum wage salary? On 8/23/08, Give me a break! wrote: > Montana is not the worst paying state for teachers. There > are others lower. > What is with your comment that if you have kids, they'll end > up being juvenile delinquents. I take great offense to that > comment. > I for one, love teaching and living in Montana. I wouldn't > go anywhere else. And no, my children are NOT juvenile > delinquents. > > >> >> 1) Montana teachers are the worst paid in the country. >> 2) The cost of living in Montana is very high. 3) You >> can't get decent housing (probably from a combination >> of 1 & 2). 4) If you have kids, they'll end up being >> Juvenile Delinquents (and what does that say about your >> potential students?). >> >> No wonder teachers are moving out of Montana in droves. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 1/08/08, Bobcat wrote: >>> I grew up in Montana, taught in CA and moved back to >>> Montana. As I start a >> family, my salary is fine, even >>> in pricey northwest MT. The community is no better >>> than what you make it. I >> have searched and searched >>> for "culture" in MT and feel that the 100 >>> mile drive to find any art,music, >> child activities, decent shopping >>> (Target, Costco, etc.) is an absolute. I am coming up >>> on 10 year of teaching >> and am wondering what the >>> best choice for my family will be. In my experience >>> even children with great >> parents get into trouble when >>> they have nothing to do here, it is hard to suggest >>> activities when even I >> really have to search for anything >>> to do of value for myself on the weekends. I will >>> never take the lakes, >> mountains, for granted and feel >>> that it is one of the safest places for a family, but >>> every place has pros and >> cons. It is what you make >>> it...(my two cents) RESPOND TO THIS POST START A NEW THREAD RETURN TO CHATBOARD Posts on this thread, including this one Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 2/11/04, by Jen Cudney. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 11/20/04, by Harry Lucas. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 1/13/07, by Jasper. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 1/24/07, by Soon to Montana. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 3/22/07, by Chris. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 4/15/07, by The reality. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 4/26/07, by Sonja. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 5/01/07, by Get real.. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 7/02/07, by J RICHTER. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 7/03/07, by Math Teacher. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 9/22/07, by Cristy. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 11/24/07, by Heidi. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 11/25/07, by Stay away.. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 11/27/07, by Heidi- Thanks so much for your kindness. NFM. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 12/26/07, by jacqueline. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 12/29/07, by So..... Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 1/08/08, by Bobcat. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 1/23/08, by The conclusion?. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 5/19/08, by Teachers - GET OUT OF MONTANA. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 8/23/08, by Give me a break!. Re: Does anyone teach in Montana and love it?, 9/01/08, by Deal with it.

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