Lie-awatha is at it again

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Jim seems to thinks you’re better off to be a teacher than a poor mistreated billionaire, hmm
And Scott thinks he’s the only one allowed to complain, seemingly about not getting free drinks though it looks like he may have had too many
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you hear an awful lot of things, which no one has ever said. have you noticed that?

i said teachers are treated well, and that’s true. i’ve taught, and i’ve worked in the private sector. i’m in a decent position to say that. teachers, especially in Ct where your salary can easily be 100k and you can start collecting a 75k a year pension before age 60, are treated well. they’re not super wealthy, but certainly a married couple who both teach, are upper middle class. pretty good deal for a public servant. and once you get tenure, you basically can’t get fired except for egregious offenses.

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[Pete F.]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

Billionaires can write-off private jets on their taxes, but teachers can only write-off up to $250 for school supplies on theirs.


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Originally Posted by Jim in CT

i taught public school, teachers have absolutely nothing to complain about. nothing. their benefits absolutely dwarf anything available to normal people in the private sector.
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Originally Posted by Pete F.

Jim seems to thinks you’re better off to be a teacher than a poor mistreated billionaire, hmm

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Originally Posted by Jim in CT

you hear an awful lot of things, which no one has ever said. have you noticed that?

i said teachers are treated well, and that’s true. i’ve taught, and i’ve worked in the private sector. i’m in a decent position to say that. teachers, especially in Ct where your salary can easily be 100k and you can start collecting a 75k a year pension before age 60, are treated well. they’re not super wealthy, but certainly a married couple who both teach, are upper middle class. pretty good deal for a public servant. and once you get tenure, you basically can’t get fired except for egregious offenses.

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It was pretty clear what you said, do you buy your own supplies for you and your cubical mates at the insurance company?

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Pete F.

It was pretty clear what you said, do you buy your own supplies for you and your cubical mates at the insurance company?

no you heard things i never came close to saying. i said teachers have no right to complain, and i said the wealthy as a group, contribute a lot to society.

why you heard, is that i feel
teachers have it better than billionaires. never came close to saying that.

you constantly hear things that have never been said.

i rarely buy my own supplies. and rarely did it when i taught. it’s not necessary despite what you hear. if teachers want more money for supplies, they can agree to have the same benefits that everyone else in the private sector has, then you’d have enough to buy all the supplies anyone could want .

i told you why i’m in a cubicle. once i reached my financial goals ( i can probably retire on the interest my nest egg generates and leave the entire principal to my kids), i took a demotion and i work a little less than full time. why work harder than i have to, if i don’t need the money?

if you see that as a character flaw, you are entitled to think that. i don’t need more money, i certainly don’t need more stress. i need more time
to fish with my kids. I’m at a point where i can give up some salary in exchange for more time, and i have a job i can do in my sleep, which gives me enough.
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