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MS teachers lobbied for a pay raise at the state capital on Monday. I'm all for paying them as much as we can. However, this one teacher in particular needs to learn how to spell "Education" before getting her picture on the front page of our state paper, LOL. Attachment 148506
Her students made it for her. BWAHAHAHAHAHAQuote:
Originally Posted by feeshrman
I guess she'll be first in line for that raise too!!!!! :-)
Bwahahahahah!!!!:Rofl
Bet she can spell welfare
Man o man!
Saw the same thing when the teachers in Chicago went on strike. It's a sad commentary when the teacher can't spell and the teachers surrounding her don't even notice.
That was ebonics. Lol
The average teacher 's salary on Mississippi is $41,975. This is an election year, go figure. Teacher salaries have gone up 31% in MS the last 10 years. A salary increase will have to be funded, by the taxpayer.
My wife is terrible with spelling. She teaches kindergarten. Hope they give them a raise.
Maybe after the crack head welfare and Medicaid recipients get drug tested and kicked out of the system they'll have money for the teachers.
I would not mind a raise. I even promise to spend it on fishing, which will improve our favorite sector of the economy. That way you "taxpayers" (btw, last time I looked I was one of them) can view it as an investment! :highfive
Oh, and by the way. Some people have no business being in a classroom at all. My solution: Fire the bad teachers and give the good teachers a raise. Simple.
I agree 100%Quote:
Originally Posted by Iwannafish
Not quite that simple Scott. It is my understanding that The bill they are proposing requires the recipients to fill out a form and admit that they openly use drugs. This must be done before they can be tested. Now I know they call it dope for a reason, but I don't think we're going to get many crackheads to do that. If they are dumb enough to admit that they are users the state must put them through rehab, at the tax payers expense. Just another example of razzle-dazzle politics that use up our money and time and accomplish nothing, It's enough to drive a working man to drink.Quote:
Originally Posted by ScottV
GET GUBERMENT OUTTA POLITICS. Quit paying taxes.
I have a daughter and sil who teach. Just got their masters. They are also the parents of the 2 little boys who you may remember from the contest last year, where you had to have 2 corks in the picture. Attachment 148543She has been teacher of the year at her school and was a teacher of the year at walmart. They deserve all the pay they get and more. Yea, they get summers off. So they can get summer jobs teaching remedial classes. They put in way more than 40 hrs a week. Yet you can sit on a couch smoking crack and make almost as much. How is that fair. I'm going to link a story from a local paper about my daughter, because I am proud of what she does. http://www.livingstonparishnews.com/...a4bcf887a.html
She needed Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton standing to each side of her.
I'm all for teachers getting a raise, or other government workers for that matter, but someone has to pay for it. No one wants increased taxes or fees. Where will the money come from?
I don't think that just new applicants for welfare should be tested based on a questionaire. They new ones and the ones already getting welfare should be tested under the same rules that allow employers to give pre employment test and random afterwards.:ThumbsUp
I'm a teacher and love my job. I use to teach computer engineering(STEM) at the high school level but now am the Elementary PE Coach. I am not the type to whine or complain about pay and never will. If I get tired of what I make I will buy 2 zero turn lawn mowers, hire a high school drop out and mow grass here in Madison. But with that said, Mississippi is about to lose A Lot of really good teachers because of this common core mess that is coming down the pipe. And just so we are clear, if I had the same expectations has te regular classroom teachers I would demand more or I would do something else. If you have kids in public school you should just do a little research and see what teachers are about to have to put up with as it relates to Common Core guidelines.
That average salary bs has administrators and coaches lumped in with teachers. Skews the figures.
They did something similar to this Common Core in Texas. Teachers had to retest and if they didn't measure up they either had to go back to school and then test again or they had to quit teaching or move to another state. It did not matter what you taught. If you taught PE and could not pass the english part you falled. If you taught english and fallen the math part you falled. It actually hurt more than it helped.
Thats the same thing the feds did when they put the number of people in the military in with the number of people working so it made the unemploment figures look lower.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd
I don't have a dog in this hunt and sure don't want to get in an argument. But teachers are paid pretty well, here is what I found concerning salaries in Hattiesburg, no administrators. Over the years, I haven't run into many people who said they were overpaid. Another point, you will never, ever catch the average when comparing to other districts or states. Raises = Increased Costs = More Funding = More Taxes???Quote:
Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd
"The average teacher salary in Hattiesburg Public School District is $33,538.
Grade Level Average 10th percentile 25th percentile Median 75th percentile 90th percentile
Pre-school $21,200 $14,880 $16,550 $18,780 $25,140 $30,310
Kindergarten $34,910 $17,260 $33,780 $36,900 $40,000 $44,690
Elementary $37,260 $17,780 $33,940 $38,020 $43,130 $50,650
Middle school $34,420 $16,190 $31,090 $36,050 $41,650 $48,020
High school $39,900 $17,340 $34,670 $40,220 $48,160 $56,390"
The real argument here is about a basic economic law..... You get what you pay for. Mississippi has the lowest pay of any state in the nation for teachers. If you ran a company, and you paid less than all the competition it would be very difficult to attract the best and brightest employees. Unless they simply had a fondness for you and your company, they will take the higher paying job with your competitor.
I think everybody here understands that better employees produce better products. Teachers are the employees and our children's education is the product. I want the best for my kids. Now, "the best" in MS go into nursing (I have three daughters who are nurses), management, law, or medicine because the pay is so much better. Basically every college degree pays better than education.
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Hey, Its your children... Hire good teachers (and pay them) or hire the dregs (you know, the ones who can not spell education).
I wonder sometimes..... Mississippi (probably) has the lowest paid teachers in the nation, AND (usually) has the lowest performing students in the nation. Strange coincidence? I don't think so!
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Now I am not saying all of the teachers in Mississippi are the dregs (some are). And I am not ranting that teachers NEED a raise. My wife and I have made a good living in education.
But... I do believe that as a state, Mississippi will get what it pays for.