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winterlight -> Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 5:52:51 PM)

Do you feel today's teachers get paid enough for what they do?



BrokenSaint -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 6:12:30 PM)

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ORIGINAL: winterlight

Do you feel today's teachers get paid enough for what they do?


Some do, many do not. I think the answer changes from high school to college. One of my absolute favorites from high school was my spanish teacher at the time. She also ended up teaching english at some point. She was always very supportive, acknowledged that I was very smart, and very bored, and I consider her a friend to this day.

Another in college was similar, and I still pop in to chat with them every once in a while. I'd say neither of them got paid what they deserved, though there were others that definitely do get paid what they deserve at both places.



TheHeretic -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 6:14:13 PM)

        Too much, for too long, and they are way too protected by unions that put employees above the quality of the product they turn out.

        Teaching for a period of five years should be one option in a mandatory national service obligation.



KyttynTheMynx -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 6:14:50 PM)

My Advanced Theatre Arts teacher was worth WAY more than they payed her.  Not only could she make class fun, and get to know us all on a friend level, but she remains a friend to this day, and we myspace about twice a week, and do lunch about once a month.  Shes amazing!



greenearth21 -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 6:31:27 PM)

In middle school was my english teacher; she really liked teh fact that i was always at the library and took her way to help me when i needed help
In high school a math teacher who many students didnt liek very much but was very intelligent and got me into playing golf
College- my environmental law professor...feisty woman

Either way I dont think they get any where close to what they deserve...i personally think that some money should be deducted from each sports player who makes money and put that money into a national teacher fund then distribute it all across the nation. Thats a good starting point.



corsetgirl -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 6:40:08 PM)

I think teaching has changed in the past 30 years.   Because of the No Child Left Behind Act, teachers are now being held accountable for high stakes testing of students in various grades, such as the FCAT in my state.  I believe teachers should be paid more (at least in my state) because there is a lot of pressure to conform  to administration policies, educational guidelines for preparing lesson plans, establishing a good rapport with parents and the community and most importantly, putting the students' education in top priority.

I have had good and bad teachers throughout high school and most of my educational background was very sporadic as I was an Air Force "brat".  My favorite subject would be high school social studies because of the teacher.  I previously had him for Americanism vs. Communism as you can tell that I am dating myself!  [:D]

He was the most engaging person who would encourage student participation with regard to not only to the past but how the past events would tie into the future.  I felt he was wasting his time teaching high school and he should have gone on further to become a college professor at a prestigious university.  I never realized it until today that he is truly an inspiration for me and I hope that I will be a better teacher in the near future.



pahunkboy -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 7:51:17 PM)

...the teachers union is too strong. and yet - the way kids are raised- it is beyond babysitting.

I for one am ready for the kids to go back to school- they are driving me nuts this humid week...



Lynnxz -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 7:53:08 PM)

Get out there and write them a ticket on a postit note PH! Make them respect the orange!

Personally, I was homeschooled though ninth grade, although I did have quite a crush on a Drill sgt in basic.



pahunkboy -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 7:56:52 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Lynnxz

Get out there and write them a ticket on a postit note PH! Make them respect the orange!

Personally, I was homeschooled though ninth grade, although I did have quite a crush on a Drill sgt in basic.



I reserve being verbose- yelling at the block to incidents of damaging the property.  Like when it was fun to break my sidewalk with a hammer....or when a teen was about to pull a gun on the other....  argh.   The barking dog must die too!    






Lynnxz -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 8:02:57 PM)

Get em! Tell those darn kids to STAY OFF YOUR LAWN!!




hizgeorgiapeach -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 8:16:09 PM)

I've had various favorites throughout the years, though a select few of those have remained close friends now that I'm an adult.
 
My grade school music teacher - she's still a very close friend, and only recently retired from working at the grade school that I went to.  Since it's only a few blocks from my home, I was able to go visit her there on a regular basis up until this past couple of years when she retired.  Prior to my mom dying, she and I would take a trip up to the school together at least once a year at Bev's request - specifically to perform for her "current" crop of students, and show them what could be done with a bit of training.  Mom and I frequently sang duets of various 50s and 60s pieces - accapella - with our backs turned to the kids.  They could never tell which of us was singing what part, because we harmonized so closely together.  Bev always had me perform several of the operatic pieces that I've worked on over the years as well, to show her 5th and 6th grade students things about range, style, breathing, and diction were all part and parcel of going on to compitition during jr high and highschool.  She's known me since I was 6, and it's directly due to her influence that my first major in college was Music.  In fact, if not for her I probably wouldn't have opted to go to college at all.
 
Jr High it was my social studies teacher - he was a hoot, and the partial semester we spent on Law and the Judicial System was culminated in a mock trial that was the highlight of those school years.  Highschool it was my English teacher - she was a left over hippie, and ultimately cool. 
 
Out of my various trips through college - my psychology professor who taught Psychology of Abnormal Behavior.  She's the one who made the comment, right at the beginning of the semester, that we study psych for one of two reasons : either we ourselves are crazy and we're trying to understand ourselves - or we have family members who are crazy, and we're trying to understand them - and in some rare cases (said looking at me and laughing) it's Both.  (She knew me from the previous semester, when I'd taken Psychology of Human Sexuality!)



Alumbrado -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 9:00:06 PM)

Teachers as in public K-12, get paid a barely decent amount... which quickly becomes not even close to enough for what they have to put up with from administrators, politicians, unions, and everyone who can generate offspring demanding that they do their jobs differently. 

And why does each school need to have multiple 'vice-principals' making 2 and 3 times a teacher's salary again? 
Or Superintendents making 6 figure salaries while graduation and literacy rates plummet? And of course, elected school boards....  [8|]



TheBanshee -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 9:03:52 PM)

Yes, they get paid just fine in most places.  I am a single mom and I make I make a fair living and I work hard at my job too.  Teachers are supposed to be professionals.  Some are good teachers, some should find another line of work because they have teaching credentials but they are not educators.  I have to say for professionals I tend to resent being wrangled for a $5 or $10 donation for a holiday gift or end of year gift.  It isn't about the gift or not appreciating the teacher, but they make a lot more than the bus driver or the school office staff, they really don't need to count on my $10 donation if they make 65K or more a year.  I'm NOT complaining that they make a decent living, but professionals don't really need to be tipped.   Good teachers are appreciated, they have met the educational standards to hold their position, and they are justly compensated in salary and benefits in most places.  The hours are great and they never have to worry about covering a major holiday ever (unlike a nurse, policeman, etc).  

Although it isn't the teacher's policy since they can only follow the guidelines, the "no child left behind" is a failure - They'll get a kid to pass the grade if they have to have someone standing behind him reading him the questions and guiding his hand to the right answer - this they call a "modified" program.  Some kids might actually need to literally be left behind a grade so they can really absorb what they need and mature and not always be feeling like they need to catch up.  People (including children) also often learn more from a failure than from a victory.   



Alumbrado -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 9:43:20 PM)

I can see your point on the monetary gifts, but 65K or more a year?  The national average is only 47K for all teachers, as a career it starts off in the 30s.  If you are comparing them to professionals like lawyers or doctors, the compensation isn't even in the ball park.  Cops routinely approach 100K with overtime, in NYC and other places, and the average RN's starting salary is 50K.



Termyn8or -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/6/2008 9:51:39 PM)

Mr. Kemmit. A blind algebra teacher. He had a way of getting the point across, but what he put on the blackboard was usually slanted. He did know if you were not sitting in your own seat, to that I can personally attest. He taught us alot more than algebra in that classroom. If I had my druthers I would help instead of screwing around.

I learned enough algebra to do trig, then we moved. But I will never forget.

T



DomKen -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/7/2008 12:02:56 AM)

I had a bunch of great teachers. I was lucky enough to grow up right next to an elementary, our fence was the school's fence, and that meant I got to know a lot of teacher's kids and through them the teachers.

One was a polio survivor who taught math and was amazing at it. She taught me and my class to play chess and I play to this day.

In middle school I had the same science teacher for 6th and 7th grade science and she was a great teacher and was a rock for me when my mother died. She got run out of the school because she actually taught the state's sex ed requirements. I stayed in touch with her for years.

As to pay. If anyone thinks teachers are paid well I encourage them to switch careers. There are several states that will pay for you to get your education degree or teaching credentials as long as you agree to teach in public schools in that state for some period of time, 6 years usually.



Ticklishguy24 -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/7/2008 2:46:41 AM)

I had a few okay teachers when I was in 9th grade. My art teacher, my science teacher, and my algebra teacher (he was actually  subbing for the real teacher, but he might as well have been the actual teacher, since we had him the whole semester).




Lucylastic -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/7/2008 4:23:44 AM)

My Math Teacher in first year(11-12) I missed a whole lot of school because of  illness and had been a "victim" of the "new math" in the seventies and whenI got to senior school my ability to do trig and algebra was non existant. So he would give me  one on one tuition during recess, because of him, I got my O level in math.
I also had an excellent battleaxe of a history teacher, she was the most feared teacher in the school, but she was wonderfully scary and took no BS. SHe also loved her subject and her job.... yep I got my O level history thanks to her teaching too.
I had some lousy teachers and some good teachers, but those two will always stay in my mind.
Lucy



bipolarber -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/7/2008 5:32:31 AM)

Oh, that would be Miss A-, my freshman High School Spanish teacher. She looked a lot like Hyapatia Lee, and was very much into punishments like standing in the corner, and spanking (before it became taboo to do so).... Yup, she was a happily "warping" influence on me.  :)  Didn't learn a lick of Spanish, but I was always REALLY attentive...



MissSCD -> RE: Who was your favorite teacher in school and why? (8/7/2008 5:56:01 AM)

All three of my favorite teachers had one thing in common.  Motivation.   They inspired  me.
My fifth grade teacher challenged my soul. My high school english teacher made advanced comp challenging and fun.  My high school typing instructor gave me a skill I use every day. Teachers give soul to lost students and change lives forever.  They are awesome. 
Good question.

Regards, MissSCD



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