[schismsubv]

What's more, those teachers would actually often still do the job for those poverty wages in spite of the diminishing benefits for the love of their students and the job. I just watched a local school's entire population of teachers ranked as "distinguished" leave this year (8, my spouse included) because the administration and overhead simply aren't worth it.

[trowawee]

Oh sure. Lots of teachers stick with it, live with roommates until they're in their mid-thirties, eat lots of beans and ramen, drive 20 year old cars, the works. My heart goes out to them; I wasn't able to make those kind of sacrifices. But I hate the idea that the people to whom we entrust our children on a daily basis have to make those sacrifices to do the job.

[dominotw]

>I hate the idea that the people to whom we entrust our children on a daily basis have to make those sacrifices to do the job.

Yea anyone who deals with children , eg: school bus drivers, nurses, teachers aides ect should be paid atleast (if not more) coders in the area ( like gp suggested) .

[Grishnakh]

It's too bad teachers don't get the sweet deals and salaries and pensions that school administrators and police officers get.