[KeepingItReal]

Originally Posted by jbdlfan

Seems that anytime a discussion on teachers or teaching appear on this discussion board, there are pages upon pages of responses from folks that have not stepped foot in a classroom in years. Stories abound about "experiences" they have heard about. Please..... spend a day in a Title 1 middle or high school these days and dare to say a teacher is over-payed. Many of you wouldn't even drive through the neighborhood that these kids live in let alone spend hours a day with them. Last year alone we had weapons ranging from knives to a grenade, a three-some of sixth graders having sex in the bathroom, drugs, vandalism and even had our FFA sheep attacked with a bow and arrow. This all happened four miles from The Villages border. So many around here are absolutely clueless to what is out there and what needs to be dealt with on a daily basis. I'm not complaining about my job, I love my students and what I do. As most teachers will tell you, it's the adults, including parents and the public, that make our job difficult.

o·ver·pay
ˌōvərˈpā/Submit verb
past tense: overpaid; past participle: overpaid
pay (someone) too highly.
"many fans think our top players are overpaid"
pay (money) in excess of what is due.
"to overpay taxes"



Many jobs today have ever increasing challenges. My former job required my technicians and myself to go into all types of neighborhoods at all hours of the night to the point we could not go alone for our safety. We were the strangers that were not trusted on their turf, targets for robberies and violence, and I was not in law enforcement. After retiring I did spend 2010-2011 in a middle school environment tutoring math with mostly Title 1 students. There are plenty of those that want to cause trouble and there are challenges to deal with but anymore there are few places we can go without running into these same behaviors. Some of the teachers worked really hard and some did not just as the workers in about any other profession. Some teachers came in after the students had arrived in the building and were on their way home before the students that had boarded a bus were even off the premises in the afternoon. Again some stay late and some don't, just like most any other profession.