Teachers Salary

ridgeben said

I guess I am a pessimist, but I just dont see kids from bad parental situations turning around due to highly paid teachers. I guess I am saying that unless you get some really hot, middle aged woman to work miracles in the classroom (michelle pfeiffer), socioeconomics, and parental involvement make all the difference, not teacher pay..

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mmm. not so much a pessimist as a reductionist - we're a nation of bottom liners and least common denominator...ers --- i understand the appeal b/c this is the most efficient way to look at a problem. however it is seldom the best way to solve a problem with a fair degree of complexity (of which NO schools would certainly qualify)

i teach, i would like to think i'm a very good teacher and would certainly like to be paid accordingly, yet knowing that in the present state that would mean i would have to jump through an additional 6 bureaucratic hoops to be evaluated by someone whose credentials i might have great issue with -- i'd rather just do my job and teach my kids and realize that my "value" comes less from my paycheck than my students success

i mean if i had to compare my paycheck to say an insurance adjuster getting bonuses for taking advantage of people who are trying to rebuild their lives - that just might make me grumpy