|
I'm getting a bit weary of the "underpaid" cliche when it comes to teachers.
My nephew just got a $40,000 per year job teaching high school his first year out of college. He has the whole summer off, every holiday imaginable, and the week between Christmas and New Years. Extrapolating that to a full 12-month year; he's making the equivalent of $53,333 annually. His first year out of college. In what universe is that 'underpaid?'
Okay, now that I've gotten that out of the way, I'll chime in with everyone else - parents need to make sure their kids are keeping up in class; teachers need to teach what's in the textbooks, not what's on the standardized tests; kids need to realize that school is for learning; it's not the weekday hangout.
__________________
If you want to avoid 95% of internet spelling errors:
"If your ridiculous pants are too loose, you're definitely going to lose them. Tell your two loser friends over there that they're going to lose theirs, too."
It won't hurt your fashion sense, either.
|