DeadCanDance
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- May 29, 2007
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but with a MA we make an average of $45k per year, enuf said?
Fascinating. So, it appears that american teachers choose their career, in part, because even though the pay is less, they get huge amounts of time off work, and very generous retirement and health benefits. Which sounds pretty european to me: europeans choose to make less money on average than us, in exchange for more time off with their families, and a generous social safety net.
Which doesn't appear to comport with you comment about how europeans should get off their asses and work. Teachers themselves chose their career, at least in part, as a "european style" decision, if you will.
BTW: myself and every liberal I've ever talked to respects teachers, and think that in many cases they are underpaid. I've only ever seen Cons on message boards blathering about how overpaid and underworked teachers are.