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And I respect your opinion, at this point much of my work is trying to motivate HS kids to keep working so they can graduate. It’s mentally draining most days. And most teacher’s I know work second jobs during the school year or like myself teach summer school for additional money to help pay...

For those that feel teachers are babysitters I encourage you to try teaching for a week. I have a masters degree and dual certification in special ed and social studies. The paper work alone can sink a young teacher, and the constant new district initiatives and state directives can be...

This is true. I really like where I work and have good admins but their hands are tied. People that sit in the ivory tower spew the adage that suspensions are a pipe-line to prison, so they fight suspensions and tell buildings to deal with behavior problems. This is why we have kids that come to...

That’s why they make more. Teachers still deserve more, don’t believe me spend a couple days in my classroom.

They could also live in NYC or Long Island where the pay is higher. I live in Western NY.

I actually teach in one of the higher paying districts. Next year will be the first time I’ve hit the 60K mark.

And those coaches teach a small fraction of the school population and many instances as we have seen in south Florida they get the kids grades and allow them to play when they are failing all their classes. I admit I’m biased here as I am a teacher. Have taught for 15 years and make around 60k...

where I teach many of the coaches are also teachers and some can make up to 6k for the season but that’s after coaching for a long time.

Sad state of affairs where a hs football coach makes 3x the amount of teachers in the same district.