They have been a teacher for 4 years now, I am unsure of his starting pay. The school district he is in provides a horrible education and catholic private schools basically run Erie County in education. It is sad they have high quality educations, and MUCH more effective teachers getting paid about $40k a year with not the same benefits. I know there is more that goes into it why schools are better and so forth... My uncle is actually on the school board for the city of erie as of this year. The spending is out of control there. I worked as a janitor in the summer for my summer job a few years ago.. Janitors were making $28/hr with full benefits. Every teacher I knew who worked for a public school as a teacher was a borderline retard anyways. Schools are also financed by the property taxes of the district.. so you will have some amazing looking schools, with great equipment and teachers and respectable students because their families are well off.. Then you have the hood rats, where the city is struggling with the budget, but the teachers REFUSE to take a pay cut and will actually go on strike if it is even mentioned. The teachers are the most stubborn pieces of shit I have ever personally seen, they get paid extra for doing after school activities and they constantly bitch omg i have to buy my students this..if they had any common
sense they would realize it is tax deductible. I have no respect for about 90% teachers. Most are complete
morons who had absolutely no chance of becoming something in the real world. Don't get me wrong there are
some awesome teachers out there, but after working at a school, knowing a bunch of public school teachers, going
to school with a bunch of teachers, etc.. they should be paid a joke of a salary for their 180days of "working" 8-3.
My mother was a teacher for 42 yrs, taught at some of the better public schools in our county. The worst kids by far were not the hoodrats, but the spoiled brats---the parents expected grades to be "given"....that is the problem, a lot of kids today have weighted grades (inflated) and expect things to be given to them, this was fostered by their baby boomer parents, who give everything to their kids.
Private schools tend to have strict standards, and you are paying for them to go, but the teachers are generally paid less. With many public school districts, you are expected to get your masters in a certain number of yrs (also one must pass the Praxis exam to be certified). Many get their masters and move onto Administration, nobody wants to deal with the kids---and the bigger problem, the parents. Every parent thinks their kid belongs in above average, nobody is average or below average, unless you are poor or black or Latino.
Now, that being said, many of the people going into teaching today are not the same caliber as those from the Baby Boomer era, as most teachers used to be women, now that more women are going into other fields, many of the ones who go into teaching are "less" qualified to do other things...plus, the pay isn't all that great.
As far as 8-3, you try dealing with a classroom of kids, giving the structure, and teaching a lesson. There are dudes who come from 30+ yr military backgrounds who can't maintain structure---because many of the students (middle class, upper middle class) don't get it at home. And we are talking middle school and high school kids here.
Plus, add the fact that many districts want you to teach to the test to meet certain standards, don't worry about the kids learning anything, worry about meeting the standard.
