[geeks] Teachers

[Hicheal Morton]

On 9/5/07, Dr. Robert Pasken <rpasken at eas.slu.edu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 08:59, Hicheal Morton wrote:
> > On 9/5/07, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > >From: Dr Robert Pasken <rpasken at eas.slu.edu>
> > > >Date: 2007/09/05 Wed AM 06:35:25 CDT
> > > >To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> > > >Subject: Re: [geeks] Goodbye, I guess
> > >
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > > >Let's not forget that teachers salaries are reported as if they were
> paid
> > > >for 260 days of work (5 business days for 52 weeks) when in pointof
> fact
> > > >they work 180 days. Thus a teachers salary is reported at $42,000
> when in
> > > >point of fact they receive $24,000. For years my wife's W2 form said
> that
> > > >she was making $25,000 a year, but the school whined that teachers
> like
> > > >her were getting paid $50,000, they just didn't mention that teachers
> got
> > > >paid according to the number of days they taught and never saw the
> > > $50,000
> > >
> > > What? In my discussions and exp. the salaries are what teachers are
> paid
> > > for the work the are contracted to provide in a 12 month period. If
> > > teacher's salaries were reported the way you suggest they are, our
> local
> > > school district would say our teachers make over $100K/year, since the
> > > average (again, take with a grain of salt) salary in our district is
> over
> > > $64K/year - that is take-home pay (less taxes/union dues/etc). In
> other
> > > words, the average teacher has a pre-tax monthly paycheck of around
> > > $7K/month (assuming nine months worked).
> > >
> > > Lionel
> > > _______________________________________________
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> > >
> >
> > $64K TAKE HOME PAY!
> >
> > Can I get a job teaching in your school district?
> >
> > I don't make $64K per year working 52 weeks per year!
> > The average income in the USA was reported to be less than $50K gross
> per
> > year in the local newspaper!
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>
> That isn't a take home! It is $64k minus taxes, mandatory district
> contribution to retirement, mandatory teacher contribution to
> retirement, district contribution to health care, teacher contribution
> to health care. YES THE TEACHER PAYS THE DISTRICTS STATE MANDATED
> CONTRIBUTIONS! You wouldn't want the poor day laborer who makes more
> than the teacher to pay the employer contributions just like his
> employer does!
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Doc,

Read what Lionel wrote: "...since the average (again, take with a grain of
salt) salary in our district is over $64K/year - that is take-home pay (less
taxes/union dues/etc)."

If I make emphasize: TAKE-HOME PAY.

I didn't write it! Lionel wrote!  Your arguement is with Lionel NOT with me.

Nonetheless, I would love to teach for "over $64K - that is take-home pay".
That's $1,230 per week "take-home pay"!

Please do read what Lionel wrote.  If one of your student correctly cites a
source, your problem is with the source and not with the student.  In
business terms (stolen from the government/military) Don't kill the
messenger.

Your humble messenger and grasshopper!