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StarzGuy

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49. You forgot to mention...

Sun Apr 8, 2018, 02:19 PM

Apr 2018

...extracurricular activities such as coaching and other student programs after hours that many teachers are also involved with. I coached the chess team for several years. In which, I spent my entire weekends and evenings after the normal hours in the classroom. I worked out the hourly pay using the stipend for said coaching chess and it worked out to a whopping $0.77 per hour. That's right 77 cents per hour to coach chess. So, this ass hat does not know what the hell he is talking about.

I started teaching with my first masters degree in hand at $10,200 per year while my roommate at the same time with a MBA in hand took an offer of $35,000 to work for IBM. Now that was way back in 1978. Low pay and low morale has been a staple in the educational community (teachers mostly) for decades.

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