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Originally posted by stevepaa
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Originally posted by gaijindabe
[B] Those that sick it out are quite well paid, have excellent benifits and retire at half pay. Not bad compared to the white collar world around them.[B]
Actually, there are not "quite well paid". Go to the website for your local school district to see pay schedule. Benefits are the same as white collar world.
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The old timers control the unions and bleed the systems dry!
What does this mean other than being a good sound bite?
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Steve - we beat this to death in a previous thread. Most white collar workers do not retire at half pay, and not with full benifits..
Teachers that have been in the system a while do quite well. Maybe not stockbroker well - but they never get laid off either. That is a huge perk you might not have considered..
As for the unions - ask the old GF. She (a new teacher) enlightened me to this issue. Young teachers in NYC realize the same level of benifits is unsustainable - and see those retired and soon to retire as bleeding the system dry... They resent the older teachers and dont think these end-loaded perks will be there for them.