tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post2881260788903534810..comments2023-10-01T05:53:43.041-04:00Comments on Gifts from a Broad: Frenchie's Letter - A Guest PostThe Lady Who Doesn't Lunch:http://www.blogger.com/profile/16435708079953998705noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post-66654717759018039522008-01-22T11:16:00.000-05:002008-01-22T11:16:00.000-05:00Um, that was supposed to be 18 year olds (not 118 ...Um, that was supposed to be 18 year olds (not 118 year olds).Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post-38159978523886686322008-01-20T11:46:00.000-05:002008-01-20T11:46:00.000-05:00I second Pistols.Also, this letter makes me think ...I second Pistols.<BR/><BR/>Also, this letter makes me think of this good scene from the West Wing when Rob Lowe said "schools should be palaces and the army should have to hold a bake sale to build a tank" or something along those lines.<BR/><BR/>Of course at that time we weren't in a senseless war where we sent our 118 year olds off in vehicles without sufficient armor.Ms. Laaw-yuhrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02886566073183586894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post-55905270762272526422008-01-19T17:15:00.000-05:002008-01-19T17:15:00.000-05:00Teachers in our district are among the best-paid i...Teachers in our district are among the best-paid in the country, but I still make more than most of them, and my job isn't as important. Any time someone complains about school taxes, I just wonder, do you need doctors? Lawyers? Engineers? OK, great...if teachers can't make a decent living, who's going to teach the future doctors, etc.? Thanks to Frenchie for all she does for her students. My son's teachers do the same everyday.Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14956997477396182396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post-11764302615047909182008-01-19T14:29:00.000-05:002008-01-19T14:29:00.000-05:00I like issues like this, where I understand how I ...I like issues like this, where I understand how I feel about them. I can be pro-union, pro-teacher, and anti-the Man all at once.paperback readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05200353078639769169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post-24998799221650423142008-01-19T12:31:00.000-05:002008-01-19T12:31:00.000-05:00Teachers should be among the highest paid professi...Teachers should be among the highest paid professions. Please tell Frenchie thanks from us!SkylersDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18264164502733912326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post-65886870554434075192008-01-19T12:11:00.000-05:002008-01-19T12:11:00.000-05:00Whenever I hear someone complaining of teacher sal...Whenever I hear someone complaining of teacher salaries, I do this little exercise with them. I ask them how much they pay their babysitters. It's usually something like five bucks an hour. I point out that if we were paid five bucks per hour per kid, we'd make over $150 bucks an hour. We're paid less than a fifth of that, and we're required to have a degree, have constant new training, be "mandated reporters" (we are required by law to rat out even the slightest suspicion of abuse, even outside of the classroom). I could go on, but you get the picture. I left the teaching profession because I was tired of being underpaid, underappreciated and having scared, incompetent administrators riding my ass constantly.Johnny Yenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06561248220244037567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post-30546066815877971712008-01-19T07:38:00.000-05:002008-01-19T07:38:00.000-05:00I believe that teachers, the learned, should be hi...I believe that teachers, the learned, should be higher on the salary chart than actors, athletes, and musicians. This backwards society has made the jesters more important than the educated. Never in history has this occured until just the past 75 years or so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post-56848077787102306092008-01-19T00:22:00.000-05:002008-01-19T00:22:00.000-05:00I think teachers are amazing. My kids have had som...I think teachers are amazing. My kids have had some "average" teachers over the years ( screamers, yellers, unstable and too emotional) but then it is so easy as a parent to judge them, but I scream ,yell, act unstable and over emotional and I only have 3 children to look after. They have about 30! <BR/><BR/>So there we go - I think teachers should get a lot more than what they earn. Teachers and nurses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post-12120873204182843252008-01-18T23:58:00.000-05:002008-01-18T23:58:00.000-05:00I also am an educator and believe that salaries ar...I also am an educator and believe that salaries are never enough. I live in Colorado and we as a state are on the lower end of salaries. I am an Assistant Principal and know that there is a believe that we make "great" money while everybody else suffers. My salary allows me to pay the bills and have a minor amount left over to cover a small crisis that may arise. All educators work too many hours doing work to help the youth become successful, happy and productive adults. I embrace your letter because people need to understand that all educators deserve a decent salary to do the good work with kids.Renaissance Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16958178544581250567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7963432418989382127.post-46982583568777861852008-01-18T22:50:00.000-05:002008-01-18T22:50:00.000-05:00I live in a town with a "good school district". W...I live in a town with a "good school district". Which means the kids have small class numbers, computer access, text books, etc. This is why most people move here. But many complain that the kids have too much homework and that they have to actually help their kids. They shouldn't have to do anything and think they know more than the teachers or the administration. They won't admit their kids have problems or that the teacher may have valid concerns or points. I'm not saying everything is perfect with the district, and I have some concerns, too, but I do know parents can be over-involved or not involved at all, not to mention the kids that are just not cooperative. I don't think you could pay me enough to ever handle all that, so yeah, I think teachers should at least get a decent salary!Quiet onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331808415683305902noreply@blogger.com