Maybe you should have been a basketball (football, baseball, etc.) star
instead!
----- Original Message -----
From: <Artystyc3@aol.com>
To: ArtsEdNet Talk <artsednet@lists.getty.edu>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: Teacher's Salaries
> Just tonight I heard on the news our education commisioner ( Broward Co.,
Fl.)
> wants to raise the pay of teachers into the six digit
> figures........................
> OK, when you stop laughing....we all can dream , can't we? I began
teaching
> pre-primary through 5th, now I do 3rd through 12th.
> My starting salary at a private school in this district ( 7 years ago )
was
> $16,000.
> Now as a single mother of three, and two in college, I avoided the bread
and
> cheese line by having my mother move in with me.
> Now close to $30,000, and that includes tuition for my youngeast in Middle
> school,
> I took out a loan against my home to survive. It's a good thing I really
love
> my job!
>
>
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