Larry Kudlow Thinks Teachers Make $120,000 Yearly

[IllinoisBirdWatcher]

7. Absolutely correct. Yes, I went to the snarky extreme.

But it is the "teachers make..." (or substitute geophysicists, physicians, etc.) which implies that "ALL teachers make," when in fact it really means "some teachers MIGHT reach..." with many years experience and years of additional education, which infuriates me.

I was a classroom teacher for 35 years in a high-paying affluent major metro suburban school district. I began my career at $6300 per year. When I retired after 35 years I had reached $96,000. Not a bad final salary, but it did take 35 years to reach it. Teaching salaries never catch up to private sector salaries. I'm not complaining. I knew that when I went into the profession. I didn't stay in the profession to get rich.

Those who are "particularly embittered" about our education and specifically about teachers manage to demean the profession every chance they get and then whine about the "astronomical" salaries. Sad really, because educating our youth is what moves our country forward into the future.