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[–] DangersDad 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

They get summers off.

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[–] Cathat ago 

Teachers are making more starting pay then cops and they get paid holidays and three months off. Our education sucks because of their unions that don’t care about children. Fire them all and privatize the whole thing

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[–] thelma ago 

Love these articles that don't actually discuss pay and benefits.

They are overpaid. Go get jobs elsewhere then, we got 1,000,000 spics willing to do your job for fifty cents an hour.

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[–] combatveteran ago 

Is it just me, or is Colorado in the headlines a lot nowadays?

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[–] AbeFroman66 ago 

I'm a teacher in Florida. After 10 years of being on the job, I make around $48,000. I don't complain about my salary, and I am a damn fine teacher. My students like me and they show academic growth each year. But I don't bitch about money. Here's why...

My work day is 7.5 hours. I get paid for 196 days of work a year. Out of those days, There are about 15 paid vacation days, so I'm not teaching those days. I have 10 paid sick days which I can use up each year, or save to cash in when I retire. There are 10 teacher planning days where I sit at my desk and play Clash Royale, so I'm doing squat. About 2 weeks of the school year, I have to administer standardized exams, so I'm sitting in a chair not teaching. About 14 days a year, students are only in school for half the day, so that's like 7 more days of not teaching.

That's around 52 days of getting paid to show up on campus and not teach. I basically get paid almost $50,000 for only "working" 142 days a year. Not to mention, the days I do work I'm home by 3:00. I have plenty of time to spend with my wife and daughter. I've never missed a softball game, dance recital, or a home cooked meal.

If I actually had to "work" twice the amount of days I currently do (284), my salary would be worth around 100k. That's still a lot more money and a lot less hours than the average American.

Not to mention, I have health insurance, life insurance, and a full pension coming to me if I can make it another 20 years in any school district in Florida.

There's more. I have an hour and a half each day as a "planning period" to grade papers and stay on top of my lessons. I also have a 50 minute lunch period. So in reality, I only have students in my classroom about 5 hours a day.

If I wanted to make a lot more money, I can always leave my career and work my fingers to the bone for 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. I choose not to because I enjoy my work/home life balance.

As a bonus note, a colleague of mine has been a fantastic teacher in my district for over 35 years. Still going strong. Both he and his wife"retired" after 30 years of service, started collecting their pensions and were rehired on the DROP program at a starting teacher's salary. Combined, their net income is now over 250k a year. They're doing alright.

So I don't complain about my salary.