Here We Go Again
Did anyone read the front page story in the Bergen Record today 7/16? It's titled "Cops & Teachers: Can NJ Afford the Rising Bill? They've started the teacher bashing again. I happen to be a teacher. I made a career change 10 years ago. I love my job and I work hard doing it. I love going into work everyday; what I don't like is having to always defend my worth. I resent being included with cops in the article. By doing so, it implied we have similar benefits. Don't get me wrong; I respect cops and what they do. But the fact is, teachers don't make what they make. Cops get paid for their overtime which also goes toward their pension. I gladly stay after with students and often work into the morning hours preparing lessons - no overtime pay for teachers. I pay tuition for my own children and I pay for myself so that I can be a better teacher, while many colleges offer deeply discounted tuition for police officers.
Think about the contact an "average" child will have with teachers. Teachers can really impact a student's life. Please don't begrudge me my salary.
Think about the contact an "average" child will have with teachers. Teachers can really impact a student's life. Please don't begrudge me my salary.
posted by Mitchelll @ 8:10 PM
1 Comments:
At 10:24 PM,
plethoria said…
I think I have an idea of the source of teacher bashing: jealousy. I know it sounds so "simple" and sounds so childish but, honestly, I think that a lot of people get aggravated with the fact that we "only" work from 9-3 [AS IF!!!] and that we have 2 months off in the summer, in addition to a myriad of holidays and mini-breaks. What's the easiest thing to do when you're envious of someone? ... ridicule them and insult them. We should all keep teacher blogs for a month and have people view them- give them an idea of the complications we face each and every day... I think that police officers deserve high pay because they do "protect and serve"- but I also feel that my profession protects and serves [PARENTS as well as children daily]; we deserve respect.
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