Comment Re:Let's cut the conspiracy theory (Score 1) 1589
Teaching in a high school or middle school is maybe less well paid than many jobs in commerce and industry in many parts of the US, but this is not universally true.
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes252031.htm
How many jobs can you find where you can earn around $46000 a year straight from college at 22 or 23 years old? This salary can increase dramatically for teachers in certain metropolitan areas, and even more so for those teaching specialized subjects.
I hear from friends and relatives in the system (teachers, principals, technicians) that the first years are tough, and that the teachers spend a lot of "free time" on lesson plans and marking, but that after the first two years, a teachers get to enjoy 30 - 35 hour weeks, and a 38 week working year.
Many teachers supplement that salary by running extra activities, working in summer camps, private tutoring after school or in the vacations.
Teaching can be hell, in bad schools. But guess what? There are far tougher jobs, for less money. and anybody that went into teaching did so by choice, after firsthand experience as a student...
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