http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3068879Oh my.
Still dreaming about divorcing the doting husband and running off with the Australian guy.
greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-27-08 04:26 PM
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are you sick of "high priced" teachers? try this on???
Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit!
We can get that for less than minimum wage. That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend on class work before or after school.
That would be $19.50 a day (7:45to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan -- that equals 6 1/2 hours). Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.
Now how many do they teach in day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET'S SEE.... That's $585 X 180= $105,300 per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute -- there's something wrong here!
There sure is! The average teacher's salary (nationwide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9. 25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student --a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!)
WHAT A DEAL....
I checked.
This is her work; the legendary herb primitive Mythsaje hasn't posted anything about teachers' salaries.
Oddly, the primitives seem to have a problem with reading comprehension, because the plagiarizing greedy thorn primitive suffers a lot of grief for posting "right-wing talking points."
It gets straightened out, though.
greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-27-08 04:39 PM
Response to Reply #21
23. through the course of the day, I teach 160 8th graders
I would LOVE that pay scale
leftofcool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-27-08 04:42 PM
Response to Reply #23
26. No shit
8th graders...........bless your heart!
greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-27-08 04:46 PM
Response to Reply #26
30. 8th grade Social Studies no less
the one subject they think they hate till they take my class
I get kids all the time asking to transfer to my class from the other 8th grade ss teacher
they say ...you do cool stuff and projects, the other teacher just complains about how poor she is...
I do work with the other teacher a lot and know that not to be the case, so I just smile and say thanks but Ms XXX is doing the same things as me
And the plagiarizing greedy thorn primitive doesn't complain about how poor she is?
lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-27-08 04:49 PM
Response to Reply #23
31. You have 160 students in ONE class from 8am till 3pm??
That's sick... and criminal!
greenbriar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-27-08 04:50 PM
Response to Reply #31
33. no, i Have 6 different classes for 41 minutes each and through the course of the day will have taught 160 8th graders social studies each day
Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-27-08 04:36 PM
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22. I have NEVER thought teachers are overpaid. My state has some of the highest-paid teachers in the country, and I do NOT mind seeing my taxes pay those salaries.
(As long as they're good teachers, of course.) I know what a difference a good teacher can make in kids' lives, and I think it's well worth paying enough to get good ones.
Just a reminder; the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive's going to get a lesson soon, when his old pal the lying titty primitive shows up, to borrow money from him.
The bonfire's of medium height, most of it the plagiarizing greedy thorn primitive sketchily giving details about how good of a teacher she is, and what she sacrifices for the job; yeah, right, that sort of stuff.
BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-27-08 04:41 PM
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25. Quadruple teacher pay immediately.
Impeach George Bush immediately.
proud2Blib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Thu Mar-27-08 04:52 PM
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34. Love it!!
When do I get to sign my contract?
The other school teacher from Kansas, the dysmenopausal one who's retiring soon, so she can devote her time to the Pink Underwear Brigade the next eight years, protesting President John McCain.