What do you mean Maiden?

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Originally Posted by dessertdesiert

What do you mean Maiden?

They are cutting regular teacher's pay, hiring teachers with no experience and firing them after a year or two in order to not have to increase their wages, asking them to work longer hours for free, docking them for not magically taking care of the kids during off school hours, and not providing resources that the teacher could use in class.

My current school provides no paper for example.

Wow Maiden, that sounds like a terrible school...

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Originally Posted by dessertdesiert

Wow Maiden, that sounds like a terrible school...

That is the trend the US... a problem that I cringed at before I went overseas.

I suppose i am lucky i went to a school where that wasn't apparent.

Many of these things are not apparent. Parents and students are too busy complaining about how they are not being given more service. But from the educational point of view, we are having a lot of trouble meeting all the needs much less the wants of those attending our schools because both of politics and tight budgets (which are only getting tighter).

Very true, I suppose that there is why there have been quite a few strikes in my highschool in the last 10 years.

Then again I knew a teacher that retired and when they retired they were making close to 91k a year, which i think is quite alot.

*tackle hugs the thread*

That is a lot... especially since I know more teachers could only dream of that. I'm only making 2,000 a month and 650 of it automatically goes to student loans. It is my hope that I could make 32,000 a year... I think that would be a nice dream someday.

I here schools in Finland pay there teachers they way doctors get paid.

Technically they can't charge you over 25% of your salary in loan payments.

That is super nice... you live in Finland dear? I'm definitely wishing I was paid more... won't lie about that. But at the same time, I'm making ends meet and life is a lot easier than it was when I was a kid or in college... so I can't complain.

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Originally Posted by dessertdesiert

Technically they can't charge you over 25% of your salary in loan payments.

I'm on a ten year plan... if I stretch it out more, the interest will kill me.

Originally Posted by maidenroseheart

That is super nice... you live in Finland dear? I'm definitely wishing I was paid more... won't lie about that. But at the same time, I'm making ends meet and life is a lot easier than it was when I was a kid or in college... so I can't complain.

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I'm on a ten year plan... if I stretch it out more, the interest will kill me.

Yes, but after 30 years they will drop whatever you have left.

I kinda want to not pay for 30 years... in fact I really rather finish paying them in 5... though it has been 2 so... hmmm... maybe if I move in with family and let them drive me everywhere, I can pay off in 3?

Nope but I have heard about it.

I am tempted... but at the same time I want to find a way to save money for eye surgery... get rid of these glasses :D

I'd never get eye surgery. I'd be to afraid of something happening and becoming blind. Besides I look really good in glasses. They also hide the dark bags under my eyes.

I have a friend who went legally blind due to a bouched up eye surgery when he was in his teen years and then won a million dollar law suit...

Originally Posted by Kirin Rosenbaum

I'd never get eye surgery. I'd be to afraid of something happening and becoming blind. Besides I look really good in glasses. They also hide the dark bags under my eyes.

I don't... and contacts are not an option...

Originally Posted by dessertdesiert

I have a friend who went legally blind due to a bouched up eye surgery when he was in his teen years and then won a million dollar law suit...

oh dear :( I don't want that...

Just make sure you go to a good doctor maiden.

Why are contacts not an option?

I heard Finland o: I studied Finnish for about a year. Hei~