Sci_Fidelity

I'm not conceding anything, except for your obvious bias (I'm biased too but at least I admit it.)

You are the one making the assertion. Show me that teachers are doing as well as professionals in other fields with comparable education. Let's see your numbers, then I'll show mine. All I've seen are some artificial numbers derived from 180 day work years, which is a strawman. You obviously have no direct experience with the profession.



Where have you compared to other fields? I didn't see it. If it's there please point it out. Other than some reference to an arts and literature major. As far as benefits packages are concerned, that's wrong too. My wife's benefits package is inferior to mine or that of any of our professional friends in the private sector. Whose benefits are you comparing to? Yours?



That's whose retirement- who's is a contraction for who is. Apparently you weren't listening in school-

Sci_Fidelity

Just a follow-up with some interesting numbers. Here is a link to a Cal-State Fullerton salary survey:

http://campusapps.fullerton.edu/care...pdf/whtg01.PDF

Apparently their humanities graduates with masters' are averaging $56,011. Now, this is one school only, and should not be taken as a national average, by any means. But since I'm in Los Angeles, I think it provides a fair comparison and refutes Nermal's point about my wife's $40K salary being about right.