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Old 12-08-2013, 06:47 PM
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Default Hi Kevin & Josie

I was referring to the average 1st year teacher in Seminole County, Fla...Of course, this depends on the subject that they would be teaching....I have a great deal of admiration for teachers (a profession that now needs to wear a bullet-proof vest to work), and I think that a jobs pay should be equal to what that job is worth to society....An Orange County deputy sheriff (who lays his life on the line) has a starting pay of $31,000 a year...An unskilled employee working the grill at a fast-food restaurant 40 hours a week will make the same thing...Hmm!...I'll say no more!


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Originally Posted by KEVIN & JOSIE View Post
Don't know what area your teachers make 35K. The teachers where I live are overpaid in salary and benefits, at the expense and sacrifice of the taxpayers. I would take all of them, cut their pay and benefits, and if they did not like it, they could look for other jobs. We have senior kindergarten teachers making 90K a year plus tremendous pensions....unlike any other public service job. And yes, if the college bound prefer, let them flip burgers at $15.00 per hour....the people who work hard at those jobs can't even make a living wage and often are on public assistance, at no fault of their own. They deserve $15.00 per hour!