Costly living

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Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Again, these teachers will be better off in retirement than most. They pretty much go without missing any of the luxuries that the so called “ well off” are able to afford. Go to the schools and watch them pull in with their new cars. Considering they work 180 days a year of mothers hours and crush all available holidays and are backed by a union almost as strong as the fire dept. I feel they are well compensated.
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I think you meant to say they only get paid for 180 days of work. But hey, they do crush those holidays whatever the hell that means,
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[Sea Dangles]

Originally Posted by spence

I think you meant to say they only get paid for 180 days of work. But hey, they do crush those holidays whatever the hell that means,
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14 paid holidays for most teachers. If you are not aware,that is a lot.
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[Rmarsh]

I worked as a carpenters helper building homes at age 16... 21 years old I built my own home... completely independent financially...no help from anyone....well except for the bank that took a chance and gave me a loan.
I had been told by guys older and smarter than me that working only 40 hours a week would never, ever be enough to make it happen... that I should work two jobs to double my pay...it worked.

My point being that peoples expectations versus the effort they are willing to put in don't match.

I have built homes for teachers...always marveled at the amount of paid time off they had.