I’ve been hearing the same thing about teachers pay in general for at least 50 yrs that I recall. So if everyone knows the job does not pay what you think it’s worth why do you choose to get a degree in education, incur debt, many certifications etc etc and then constantly complain about the pay? Did you do your homework on the profession prior to the decision to pursue it? If you truly made a mistake as MANY people do when choosing a career path then why don’t you do what millions of people do and redirect your career, quit, make a change to a new field?….one that pays what you desire?
The whole notion of ranking Florida with the other states and then each county against each other within Florida is misleading. If you gave every teacher in the country a $million dollar raise the rankings would be exactly the same. The real questions are what is the budget available for raises, what are the taxpayers actually getting for their money and the method of who deserves a raise or not. The vast majority of industries seem to have figured it out. Oh but there’s that pesky teacher’s union fly in the ointment.
My son was in honors English his senior year at Fleming Island High School. He never read one book and never wrote one paper. Of course he passed. Our public schools do not teach anything.
Teaching jobs were never meant to be the sole income for a family. We don’t need government and unions in public schools. It should be one or the other.
I’ve been hearing the same thing about teachers pay in general for at least 50 yrs that I recall. So if everyone knows the job does not pay what you think it’s worth why do you choose to get a degree in education, incur debt, many certifications etc etc and then constantly complain about the pay? Did you do your homework on the profession prior to the decision to pursue it? If you truly made a mistake as MANY people do when choosing a career path then why don’t you do what millions of people do and redirect your career, quit, make a change to a new field?….one that pays what you desire?
The whole notion of ranking Florida with the other states and then each county against each other within Florida is misleading. If you gave every teacher in the country a $million dollar raise the rankings would be exactly the same. The real questions are what is the budget available for raises, what are the taxpayers actually getting for their money and the method of who deserves a raise or not. The vast majority of industries seem to have figured it out. Oh but there’s that pesky teacher’s union fly in the ointment.
My son was in honors English his senior year at Fleming Island High School. He never read one book and never wrote one paper. Of course he passed. Our public schools do not teach anything.
Teaching jobs were never meant to be the sole income for a family. We don’t need government and unions in public schools. It should be one or the other.