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and reminder that the opportunity cost of a few days’ strike is far outweighed by teachers being overworked to the bone without adequate compensation or psychological support, resulting in the best teachers weeding themselves out of the field altogether.
anti-union sentiment is hurting kids.
When I graduated college, I was interviewing with the charter school that my mom works at. They were looking for ANYBODY with a degree in physics. It didn't matter that I wasn't a licensed educator, it didn't matter that all I had was a Bachelor's degree. They were offering an annual salary of $42,000 per year.
Two years later, I'm making over 4x that amount, annually, as a software engineer.
I really would love to teach, because I love science and I love teaching. But I love financial stability and a good work/life balance wayyy more.
My dream would be to coach full time. I've interviewed with colleges (smallish and local) and it might as well be volunteer since it's not football or basketball. Damn shame.
Same. be a part time math tutor. It pays well ($50+/hr & you're under no one's thumb) for trig and you filter for generally interested students.