Interesting information for your perusal...

[GeorgeG.]

So what you're saying is it's perfectly legitimate to ask for more money since some districts need to fill positions? The districts in my area are not filling positions, yet I see their teachers bitching and whining.

No, I just thought you meant that as in your wife was looking for a teaching job...carry on.

[talisman]

who the hell ordered the potato skins?????????????????????

god bless.

lolz

[Leah]

X2

Dont like it? Do something else. Hell you get 3 months paid vacation annually, work 8-3, etc. Boo hoo.

STFU, dude. I don't know what your hard-on for me is and why you like to give me so much shit, but I'm not complaining about anything. I fucking LOVE my job and wouldn't do anything else regardless of the pay. I'm graduating with a Masters in May and won't be doing what I'm getting certified in (even though it would be at least a $15k/year jump) because I love what I'm doing right now.

As I said in the original post, I copied/pasted from our message board. It was something our instructor had posted. Don't like it? GTFO.

Now...where are my potato skins??

[stevo]

Following is some information you might be interested in knowing (from Center on Educational Policy, January 2012).

1. In 2008 more than 55 million children were in preK-12 schools with 90% enrolled in public schools. The total by 2020 is predicted to be 57.9 million with 91% in public school. Texas is among the top four schools in projected increase in public school enrollment by 2020—Texas = 23%, Alaska = 25%, Arizona = 26%, and Nevada = 28%.

Does that math look odd to anyone else?

Stevo

[The King]

Does that math look odd to anyone else?

Stevo

A nationwide increase of almost 3 million, no the math doesn't look odd to me.

[slow99]

Does that math look odd to anyone else?

Stevo

No, it's roughly a 3.2 million increase, 6.4% nationwide. No data is given by state.

[stevo]

No, it's roughly a 3.2 million increase, 6.4% nationwide. No data is given by state.

That is what I missed, all I noticed was 6.xx% wasn't close to 23%.

Stevo

[Ratt]

Know nothing about? Sister had been teaching 11 years, both parents taught over 35 years each. So why don't you go back to your $11/hr gubment job and piss off

You think you're the only one who has teachers in the family? And where the fuck did you get $11/hr "gubment" job? Teachers don't get paid to take "3 months" off. They get paid for the work they do, and they can choose to either take it evenly distributed throughout the whole year, or get paid more each paycheck during the school year only.

I'm sure you're aware that teachers have one of the most thankless jobs out there, and if your family really had been teachers for as long as you say they have then you wouldn't be bitching about it.

[Ruffdaddy]

You think you're the only one who has teachers in the family? And where the fuck did you get $11/hr "gubment" job? Teachers don't get paid to take "3 months" off. They get paid for the work they do, and they can choose to either take it evenly distributed throughout the whole year, or get paid more each paycheck during the school year only.

I'm sure you're aware that teachers have one of the most thankless jobs out there, and if your family really had been teachers for as long as you say they have then you wouldn't be bitching about it.

Everyones job is thankless...you don't see teachers thanking taxpayers for their salary do you? I'm very happy to have had some good teachers but don't forget what drives salary. A lot of the friends I grew up with that are teachers now are definitely not the ones I said "wow...(s)he's so smart". Construction workers put in a lot of effort too but nearly anyone can do it. It's all about rarity of skill set and demand.

[CJ]

Everyones job is thankless...you don't see teachers thanking taxpayers for their salary do you? I'm very happy to have had some good teachers but don't forget what drives salary. A lot of the friends I grew up with that are teachers now are definitely not the ones I said "wow...(s)he's so smart". Construction workers put in a lot of effort too but nearly anyone can do it. It's all about rarity of skill set and demand.

And the truth is just about anyone can teach.

[ceyko]

STFU, dude. I don't know what your hard-on for me is and why you like to give me so much shit, but I'm not complaining about anything. I fucking LOVE my job and wouldn't do anything else regardless of the pay. I'm graduating with a Masters in May and won't be doing what I'm getting certified in (even though it would be at least a $15k/year jump) because I love what I'm doing right now.

As I said in the original post, I copied/pasted from our message board. It was something our instructor had posted. Don't like it? GTFO.

Now...where are my potato skins??

Sooooo, you're willing to take a pay cut?

[slow99]

Everyones job is thankless...you don't see teachers thanking taxpayers for their salary do you? I'm very happy to have had some good teachers but don't forget what drives salary. A lot of the friends I grew up with that are teachers now are definitely not the ones I said "wow...(s)he's so smart". Construction workers put in a lot of effort too but nearly anyone can do it. It's all about rarity of skill set and demand.

Exactly! That's an honorable profession. So what's wrong with fixing somebody's car so that they can get to work the next day because of me? There's honor in that. Yeah there's honor in that ... and there's honor in taking that 40 minute train ride so those college kids can come in in the morning and have clean floors and those waste baskets emptied.

[Ratt]

And the truth is just about anyone can teach.

There's not a bit of truth in that statement.

[CJ]

There's not a bit of truth in that statement.

Oh get over yourself. I've subbed at AISD highschools when I was between jobs. It isn't rocket science. Your average intelligence person who has a degree can teach a classroom full of kids.

[yellowstang]

Oh get over yourself. I've subbed at AISD highschools when I was between jobs. It isn't rocket science. Your average intelligence person who has a degree can teach a classroom full of kids.

But, what if the class WAS Rocket Science?