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Re: salaries

From: Dennis Freeman (freemad)
Date: Sun Jan 30 2000 - 10:05:44 PST

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    >Right on, Woody! I used to have a job, which paid more (in 1981) than I'm
    >making now. Now I have a vocation, a calling and a reason to look forward
    >to getting out of bed in the morning.
    But... I am concerned about what low salaries are doing to our profession's
    future. When ED students go to school for 5 years so that they can start
    at 22,00 / yr., it's not hard to see why so many go into fields which pay
    more for 4-year degrees. In my state (WY), we are currently 41st in avg
    teacher salaries, and we now get 1 or 2 apps for each opening, whereas we
    used to get 20 (back when we were 7th). Hard to roll 7's when you only get
    2 throws!

    If we wanted money, we would have gotten in to another profession.
    >I started teaching 25 years ago and took a 50% cut in pay to go into
    >teaching. I just thankful for Frani and her real job with benefits and such.
    >I never liked working anyway.
    > Woody in KC

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