Comments on: Become a Teacher

By: Jay P. Greene

Jay P. Greene — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:02:51 +0000

What school district or state are you in, Ryan? You should consider moving almost anywhere else, because the maximum pension benefit is typically at least 60% of peak earnings. In MO it is 66%.

By: michael

michael — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:56:28 +0000

And then there are the private school teachers. I make a fraction of my public school counterparts and fund my own retirement and health care. I’m not complaining about my plight; just tired of public school teachers whining about theirs.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:46:51 +0000

60% guaranteed? My teacher retirement plan tops out at 30.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:01:46 +0000

“On staff development days, he told the kids, “I do what you do. I text my friends.”

Um…those who don’t have the text plan nap or daydream. Come on, lets be honest. Development days are regarded as junk and a waste of time by most teachers.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:00:18 +0000

Ms Johnson,

“She has no interest in teaching & finds it scandalous that a person would go into teaching only for salary and benefits.”

Why is that scandalous?

Alternatively, if this is scandalous, why do we constantly hear complaints about the need to RAISE teacher salaries? If the only reason teachers are to be teachers is just to HELP kids, why raise their salaries at all? Why not just have a whole bunch of volunteers?

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Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:35:07 +0000

[...] a post written yesterday, the venerable Dr. Jay Greene makes the point that education schools typically undersell the benefits of the teaching profession to their own [...]

By: Greg Forster

Greg Forster — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:01:18 +0000

Ah, but rock stars get paid based on whether they deliver the goods.

By: Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:42:59 +0000

Just think what teachers we could attract if we paid them like rock stars.

I’d rather not.

By: Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:42:02 +0000

“But that is the advice career counselors here are advising college students.”

I mean “….the advice career counselors here are giving college students”

By: Catherine Johnson

Catherine Johnson — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:40:31 +0000

Then there’s my favorite: the teacher here who told students, “I make 6 figures a year and I only work 120 days a year.”

Apparently he’d done the arithmetic to find out exactly how many days he actually works as opposed to showing up for staff development days.

On staff development days, he told the kids, “I do what you do. I text my friends.”