| It is tough to work for $3.90 an hour. I did it | | | | make about $51,000 a year. I work a total of 190 |
| when I was in high school. Then I was making $10 | | | | workdays totaling 1330 hours per year. Doing |
| an hour at 19 years of age. I thought this was | | | | some quick math, I see that this comes to |
| enough that I didn't need college. Thankfully | | | | $38.34 an hour. Much more than the $20 - $30 an |
| enough for me, I had parents that taught me | | | | hour I thought was a ton to work for. But I also |
| differently. So off I went to be a teacher. | | | | get benefits that total over $10,000 a year. This |
| The one thing the college kept telling me is that | | | | pushes the per hour rate to $46.61 an hour. And |
| you will never get rich being a teacher. I didn't | | | | all this is for an educator that is not last step yet |
| care because it was the love of the job that kept | | | | on the school teacher salary scale. Not to shabby |
| my attention. But as I was teaching my classes, I | | | | if I can say so myself. |
| realized that you can make a great living being a | | | | Now you may ask why teachers always complain |
| teacher. The question is, what do you consider a | | | | for more money. The problem is that $51,000 a |
| lot of money in terms of per hour pay? I always | | | | year in a high cost city is just not enough to live |
| thought that $20 - $30 was a very comfortable | | | | off of. And if we worked a normal 2,000 hour |
| wage. | | | | year like other workers, we would earn roughly |
| Let's get down to what a regular teacher makes | | | | $77,000. So the question is, do you want money |
| an hour and compare results. As a teacher, I | | | | or to teach? I know my answer. |