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UpTrump 6 points ago +6 / -0

A teacher near me got accused of sexual assault 10 years after it supposedly happened. He was fired and locked up. None of the girl's classmates said they ever saw anything, and the girl had a very shaky testimony. In the end, it was a hung jury.

The guy's life was ruined over merely an accusation

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intamin 1 point ago +1 / -0

It was a joke. ;)

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Chick-fill-eh 13 points ago +18 / -5

Why would they choose to work for such low pay?

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HockeyMom4Trump 40 points ago +41 / -1

Don’t be fooled. Teachers have snowballed people into thinking they are overworked and underpaid. They are huge whiners. The reality? They make a great salary and have more time off than any other profession out there.

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VCW51 22 points ago +22 / -0

Don't forget about their massive amounts of paid sick/personal/vacation days.

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SoWoke 33 points ago +34 / -1

Low pay? They get the summers off, mostly.

Studies show women choose “safer” jobs than men, work less hours, I mean I could go on, but I’d have to disagree with “low pay”, they’re about to see “low pay” if federal funding gets pulled.

So much information (BETTER information) is available (and for free) on the internet.

Schools are indoctrinating children and not represented by the other sex in proportion.

It’s to help those with jobs who cannot afford to homeschool, and mandated to have “education” (not pissing on that, our literacy rates are good, relatively), but it’s like a free daycare thought camp for people who need have responsibilities during the day.

Hopefully, a lot of people, from this virus, can work from home and homeschool.

Maybe that’s a positive, idk.

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Viewer01 20 points ago +20 / -0

It’s more about having two months off a year to go galavanting around engaging in sex tourism and living outside of their means.

You would simply not believe the amount of women that are on their parents dime into their late twenties.

I have a date here sometime with a woman who is 25 and lives at home with her parents.

My last three exes had their rent/expenses paid for by their dads.

What was their biggest concern about dating me? I made all the money, and they didn’t want that dynamic.

If you want to see these lib women turn into conservatives, have the boomers start cutting them off. They’ll pair up and settle down very quickly once they start having to live within their means.

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operator1214 16 points ago +16 / -0

Teacher here. The low pay thing is a myth -- somewhat.

There are great disparities between individual teachers' pay. In my region alone we have a lot of teachers who only make about 24K a year (some make 22K) -- you're supposed to get tenure and a pay raise after 2 years, but the schools like to "fire" after year 2, wait a year, then rehire so they can start that process over and 4 years to tenure (which is shady, and I don't blame a teacher for going someplace else). We also have teachers who are making upwards of 90K due to senority and taking on extracurriculars (and they're the ones who are usually in tight with the union). The same is going on a the local colleges -- there are some profs who only take in about 50K teaching an overload; we have others that make a good 6 figures (for 2 classes). This is of course, quite ridiculous.

For some of you, this may not seem like much, but the standard of living here is low, so even 22K (which was my usual baseline pay) isn't horrible if you're single or if married with a spouse that works for a comparable paycheck -- it puts you into the same social class as most of the populace. 90K is egregiously high; 6 figures puts you into the social "nobility" for the area (and many act like it too).

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smurphyswimmer 12 points ago +13 / -1

Have you ever seen their pensions? Massive. Most can retire when they are 55. Amazing benefits. And the obvious large amount of vacation time.

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xopi 7 points ago +9 / -2

Why would you want to work somewhere where your life could be ruined by some kid saying give me an A or I'll tell everyone you touched my privates.

I don't go anywhere near children. A child could be dying right in front of me and I'll just disappear. Hell no. I'm not taking a risk.

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Bernier4Canada 1 point ago +1 / -0

A child could be dying right in front of me and I'll just disappear.

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Juantinntwo 4 points ago +5 / -1

How about fuck you for generalizing and buying into the stereotype of men not being capable of nurturing young people.

How about applaud the men who go into education and make a difference. When I taught 6th grade, I was often times the FIRST male in some of their lives to ever take an interest in them and help shape how they behave and think. Male influences are important and calling people like me a paedo for working in education is moronic and insulting.

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Bernier4Canada 1 point ago +2 / -1

Lol what retard told you this

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Leatherwood 34 points ago +35 / -1

Excellent comment. I have read many comments from teachers on social media about returning to school. I have been appalled at their lack of concern for educating children. Wouldn't want most of them anywhere near my kids.

Not only that, going back to school appears to be coming with a lot of strings attached like mask wearing, symptom monitoring and potentially even contact tracing. No way our kids should have to give up their civil rights in exchange for Marxist indoctrination.

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Deaduponaviral 33 points ago +35 / -2

They are all bottom of the barrel sorority chicks that partied too hard in college who complain their pay is too low when they take 3-4 months off every year and don’t even write the syllabus anymore because state testing is all that is taught anymore.

Best teachers/professors I ever had were males, and it wasn’t because they were nice. They saw potential, expected more, and demanded I show for it.

Boys get fucked in their developmental years because power hungry women demand obedience from a child that has difficulty learning verbally/visually, has no outlet for physical activity, and parents drugging their child is now normative behavior.

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HockeyMom4Trump 12 points ago +12 / -0

Boys Lives Matter

End systemic sexism

Let’s all go riot, burn stuff, and destroy what’s left of our cities now

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prayinpede 2 points ago +2 / -0

Interesting, I have to pace to think

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HockeyMom4Trump 3 points ago +3 / -0

Everything you say is true

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PosterIsDead 30 points ago +30 / -0

I'm a high school teacher, male with 30 years in. I cannot wait to get back into my classroom. Remote teaching was the absolute worst.

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pog_collection 11 points ago +11 / -0

I'm also a high school teacher (only 5 years in, though), and I agree. The remote teaching period was a hassle and was ineffective. I feel like I wasted my time while students played video games. They should just encourage the Karen parents to home school or take the already-established virtual school classes if they are so scared to come back to school. Then, class sizes would finally get reduced and the students that want to learn will be able to--win/win.

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PosterIsDead 9 points ago +9 / -0

I can't argue with that. I'm glad to see young teachers having a conservative view. As you have by now realized, teaching is a balancing act. Do the right thing always and do it wisely.

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LiberTerrarium 6 points ago +6 / -0

Ditto on the virtual teaching and video games. Our state mandated that no zeroes could be given for any work assigned during the closure. What kid would make the decision to put down the controller and do the extra work posted? They started strong showing up for online meetings but after Spring Break everyone was just done.

Also, congratulations for staying in 5 years! Stay based, stay balanced--no one benefits from a burnt out teacher. :)

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Illinoyed 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yeah I like the idea of giving the parents choice I teach high school that would be amazing

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MudDog 1 point ago +1 / -0

Online grad student during this. Can confirm, I was playing video games during the classes

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HockeyMom4Trump 10 points ago +10 / -0

You are one of the good ones, I bet.

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PosterIsDead 8 points ago +8 / -0

There are more of us than you realize. We are drowned out but we're here.

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LiberTerrarium 6 points ago +6 / -0

We are drowned out quite a bit... sometimes by our side's "friendly fire."

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PosterIsDead 6 points ago +6 / -0

Push my name. I'm 100% based.

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Over_Fed_Fish 19 points ago +21 / -2

I have a few friends that are teachers, and they all hate remote teaching and want to be back in the classroom.

I also have no problem paying teachers more if it attracts smarter more competent people. I’m sure some people have a calling to teach in schools but don’t because it just doesn’t pay, so they get a corporate training job or something that pays 75-100k a year.

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HockeyMom4Trump 8 points ago +9 / -1

First, teachers do get paid well and no other profession gets that much vacation time a year. Around here, they have around four months off a year with summer off, two weeks at Christmas, a week at Spring Break, numerous holidays.

Instead of worrying about raising salaries to attract smarter people, teachers need to stop getting away with whining about how awful their pay is, as it is not true. Yet people believe it. Teachers and nurses are the biggest whiners I know. There is a website in MN where salaries of teachers were published. Most of them in our district made around $80,000 a year for eight months work. This year they left school in March and may return late August. Then they will get two weeks off at Christmas. They barely worked six months in 2020 and will get full pay. No wonder the teachers are screaming “But muh virus” because they would love to stay home and finish those home improvement projects, spend Fall at their cabins on the lake, garden, bake, walk around the lakes.

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Randomite 5 points ago +5 / -0

You should go to your state's education union's website. (eg OEA ohio education association) and take a look at your state's pay grade grid. After just a few years and with continuing education, teacher salaries are up there with what you mentioned, AND it's for 9 months work a year.

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VCW51 3 points ago +3 / -0

9 months per year with an extra month of paid time off.

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mnguy12000 3 points ago +3 / -0

My Wifes a Teacher and her and he co-workers want to get back into the class room.