Are you kidding? From what I’ve seen of public schools, she’ll wind up being a master-teacher, make $50,00 per year for working 9 months of the year (plus holidays) and retire early on a government-backed pension with full health benefits.
That is why we took our kids form public schools and home schooled them. Both are college grads and making good money in areas other than as public school teachers.
hawgowar, you have no idea. Many of the public school kids I know - and I know quite a few - have gone on to Yale, Brown, MIT, and other upper level schools.
The public school teachers I know are smart and dedicated and do miracles with whatever comes their way. Your old saw about them working just a few months and getting all that time off is so far off base - because you do not know.
By the way, I also know a lot of home-schooled kids. Yes, there are quite a few doing very well. And there are just as many who fail miserably and slink back to the public schools to fix the mess their parents have made.
When no other teacher would take the ISS my sister took it and does her test grading and lesson prep then. Student’s have to work quietly during ISS! Otherwise all that work has to be done at home. I like teaching Adult Education; the ones expelled from the public school system or home-schooled come to me and find out you DO have to behave in public and you DO have to get along with everyone else! Also they do have to learn because you have to be able to do math, science, social studies, literature and writing to pass the GED test. About 50 % of high school seniors cannot pass the GED test.
Go read “The Big Picture” comic!
And when people complain about all the money they spend on public education despite “poor” results, they should realize that a huge percentage of that money goes to things outside the classroom but which are mandated.
I defer to my comments yesterday to avoid another lengthy post.
Hawgowar: You truly do NOT have a clue, and I’m sick and tired of people making uninformed accusations about public teachers. I wish you could spend one day as a fly on the wall of my classroom.
cdward: Thank you and God bless you for understanding the truth of the situation.
In the original Greek system there was 1 teacher to 5 students. Now we have 1 teacher to 30-35 students and blame the teacher for the kids not getting taught. Perhaps if the class size were reduced to reasonable all students would get the individualized attention they truly need, teachers would not be swamped with paperwork and everyone would be able to pass the GED. Add in good health care and a focus on relationships and compassion and we would be a decent country with a future.
hawgowar over 13 years ago
Are you kidding? From what I’ve seen of public schools, she’ll wind up being a master-teacher, make $50,00 per year for working 9 months of the year (plus holidays) and retire early on a government-backed pension with full health benefits.
That is why we took our kids form public schools and home schooled them. Both are college grads and making good money in areas other than as public school teachers.
Destiny23 over 13 years ago
Management?! She barely has the I.Q. necessary to flip burgers!
cdward over 13 years ago
hawgowar, you have no idea. Many of the public school kids I know - and I know quite a few - have gone on to Yale, Brown, MIT, and other upper level schools.
The public school teachers I know are smart and dedicated and do miracles with whatever comes their way. Your old saw about them working just a few months and getting all that time off is so far off base - because you do not know.
By the way, I also know a lot of home-schooled kids. Yes, there are quite a few doing very well. And there are just as many who fail miserably and slink back to the public schools to fix the mess their parents have made.
paha_siga over 13 years ago
Yea, this nice notion of teachers working only some hours a day and having holidays off… ha ha ha.
Yukoneric over 13 years ago
When no other teacher would take the ISS my sister took it and does her test grading and lesson prep then. Student’s have to work quietly during ISS! Otherwise all that work has to be done at home. I like teaching Adult Education; the ones expelled from the public school system or home-schooled come to me and find out you DO have to behave in public and you DO have to get along with everyone else! Also they do have to learn because you have to be able to do math, science, social studies, literature and writing to pass the GED test. About 50 % of high school seniors cannot pass the GED test. Go read “The Big Picture” comic!
McGehee over 13 years ago
“Management?! She barely has the I.Q. necessary to flip burgers!”
Them as can, do. Them as can’t, supervise.
cdward over 13 years ago
And when people complain about all the money they spend on public education despite “poor” results, they should realize that a huge percentage of that money goes to things outside the classroom but which are mandated.
Fogger_man over 13 years ago
I defer to my comments yesterday to avoid another lengthy post. Hawgowar: You truly do NOT have a clue, and I’m sick and tired of people making uninformed accusations about public teachers. I wish you could spend one day as a fly on the wall of my classroom. cdward: Thank you and God bless you for understanding the truth of the situation.
prairiedog1942 over 13 years ago
In the original Greek system there was 1 teacher to 5 students. Now we have 1 teacher to 30-35 students and blame the teacher for the kids not getting taught. Perhaps if the class size were reduced to reasonable all students would get the individualized attention they truly need, teachers would not be swamped with paperwork and everyone would be able to pass the GED. Add in good health care and a focus on relationships and compassion and we would be a decent country with a future.