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Originally Posted by Jazuela
Education is sort of important. Teachers in the Villages area start out at only $40,875/year, and can't earn more than $59,248/year. Out of that, they have to pay for their own professional re-certifications and continuing education, some of which are yearly. A teacher who has worked over 25 years in Sumter County, will earn $59,248 at the end of this school year.
How many other professions do you know, where you can work a job where you are responsible for the training and safety of thousands of other people, doing several hours every week from home in addition to a 6-hour per day 5-day per week scheduled workweek, sometimes requiring you to travel at your own expense on special field trips, spend your scheduled unpaid vacation time planning the next month's training - and not even hit $60k/year after 25 years of doing it?
Pay them more. Pay more taxes. Be grateful that there are people willing to do this kind of work, and give them more tools to do it successfully. The future leader of this country might be among that 3rd grade classroom of kids. We should strive to make every single child succeed. They won't all succeed. But it's our responsibility to do whatever is necessary to give them the same chance as every other kid in the country.
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As a taxpayer, COME NOW. You income assuming it is correct at 59,000. You do not put any value on the benefit package. A guess is it would cost you, if you had to pay for it, with after tax dollars by the way, another 40-50,000. Actual days on the job. Non teachers do not get off, every holiday, and summers.
"The same chance as every other kid in the country." The truth is we are not al the same. Kids, some are simply brighter than others. Some have a stable family. Some have parents that will help their kids others think the school system should baby sit their-xxxx.
Life is tough.