Not crying one at all. I’m just saying that people who’ve never actually DONE something as a profession have no right to pass judgement on the profession based on perceived salary. All of our jobs have their issues, and yes, being a teacher has its perks. But if anyone wants to whine about those perks, then go to school to be a teacher.
Everyone is entitled to make what they can while they can, and for every $80k school nurse (who has probably been there forever, justifying the pay increases), I’ll show people a $26k science teacher working second jobs to survive.
I’m NOT a teacher anymore. Couldn’t stand it. It IS a rough job. And I didn’t make enough money. But my wife is a teacher, and although the summers are awesome for her, the job itself is not that great. And she works for a district that is one of the higher paying ones. But you have to look at the scale and realize that the real money doesn’t kick in until you’ve been around there 10-15 years. People aren’t walking in to $80k jobs. And the pay increases are in line with pay increases per year of most 9-5 jobs out there that require the same amount of education and certification to perform.
The health insurance rocks, though, for sure. I work in health care and use my wife’s insurance instead because her’s is better.