[geeks] Teachers

[Dr. Robert Pasken]

On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 08:59, Hicheal Morton wrote:
> On 9/5/07, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> > >From: Dr Robert Pasken <rpasken at eas.slu.edu>
> > >Date: 2007/09/05 Wed AM 06:35:25 CDT
> > >To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [geeks] Goodbye, I guess
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > >Let's not forget that teachers salaries are reported as if they were paid
> > >for 260 days of work (5 business days for 52 weeks) when in pointof fact
> > >they work 180 days. Thus a teachers salary is reported at $42,000 when in
> > >point of fact they receive $24,000. For years my wife's W2 form said that
> > >she was making $25,000 a year, but the school whined that teachers like
> > >her were getting paid $50,000, they just didn't mention that teachers got
> > >paid according to the number of days they taught and never saw the
> > $50,000
> >
> > What? In my discussions and exp. the salaries are what teachers are paid
> > for the work the are contracted to provide in a 12 month period. If
> > teacher's salaries were reported the way you suggest they are, our local
> > school district would say our teachers make over $100K/year, since the
> > average (again, take with a grain of salt) salary in our district is over
> > $64K/year - that is take-home pay (less taxes/union dues/etc). In other
> > words, the average teacher has a pre-tax monthly paycheck of around
> > $7K/month (assuming nine months worked).
> >
> > Lionel
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> 
> $64K TAKE HOME PAY!
> 
> Can I get a job teaching in your school district?
> 
> I don't make $64K per year working 52 weeks per year!
> The average income in the USA was reported to be less than $50K gross per
> year in the local newspaper!
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Sure you can! Have you been a teacher for 40 years? Do you have a
Ph.D.(a true Ph.D. not a Ed.D or purchased Ed.D) in mathematics or a
science? A starting teacher (B.S. in science or math) makes $24,000.
Just like a starting day laborer in Missouri starts at $32,000 a year
and a Journeyman Electrician makes $82,000 a year (my electrician
neighbor)