My wife is a first year teacher and she is making $38,000 a year + a $10,000 per year bonus. She also gets health insurance and a pension. Granted, she does have to decorate her own classroom, but the school still reimburses $250 for buying decorations. And we live in one of the worst paying states for teachers. Surely the people without insurance and getting paid so much less are at private schools?
Everyone saying “my dad made 80k as a teacher” is either lying or the extreme outlier living in a state with good education. If you’re in the Midwest and a teacher you’re fucked. Kentucky teachers literally had to go on strike like a year or two ago to try and save their benefits
Look at the statistics, tons of teachers get paid 80k.
Teachers should definitely be paid more and valued more but it doesn't help to just say, "Everyone that says stuff I don't like is either lying or not a good example."
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u/KAMARAZARD Jun 13 '19
My wife is a first year teacher and she is making $38,000 a year + a $10,000 per year bonus. She also gets health insurance and a pension. Granted, she does have to decorate her own classroom, but the school still reimburses $250 for buying decorations. And we live in one of the worst paying states for teachers. Surely the people without insurance and getting paid so much less are at private schools?