That is a loaded question, again it is geographically dependent. A teacher in NYC cannot pay the bills on the same salary as a teacher in Alabama. I would say that a teacher's salary should be enough that they can pay all their bills including a newer car, without having to worry. But again the individual person is responsible for managing their own money, one person may be more responsible than another and some will always have problems paying their bills due to poor management practices.

Muskrat nice jingo.

I don't believe we are saying we hate teachers. We are talking salaries and like every profession we don't get what we feel we deserve. But I would never walk off my job and leave the business hanging.

Some teachers got the attitude they should be the highest paid profession in the community and I don't agree with that. Yes they are important but they choose thier occupation.

They receive a annual pay for 9 months worth of work and compared to most people their benefit package is great. They also above thier salary get paid for extra activities like sports coaching etc.

Plus even if they suck at thier job they can't be done away with under thier tenured status.

They don't have it that bad. It's nothing personal on them its just comparing them to other professions. They make better than law enforcement in my area working 12 months of the year.

WV median salary is ~$43k. Cost of living is ~5% lower than the national average. Given that info, whats a good salary?

The ignorance is not understanding that each district and each state is different, while your teachers might not be paid well, there are others that are very well paid and don't deserve that much when they keep begging for more money. I don't know about you but I don't make half as much a year as some of our teachers do, like I said, I have a direct inside knowledge of the local district system here. Get off your high horse and realize not everything is the same everywhere.

They don't break a sweat. Yes it's stressful sometimes but no teacher has callused hands or sore back.

Corn is same price as the 80's. Is education more important than eating?

Ever been to West Virginia? I have lived there and spend a whole bunch time there and I know what most little towns look like. You really think these teachers are "well paid"? I doubt it. Teachers are the one profession that I have no problem seeing get a raise, they do more than most people ever will for the development of kids and prepare them for a good future.

It’s getting pretty ridiculous here. I don’t know what they think they should be paid. They should take away each days salary that they spend protesting, to pay all the parents back for daycare bills they had to put out. Not to mention all of the kids who probably haven’t had a meal in days since school is the only place they get it. Yep, all for the children. Consider in the fact that they work 9 months out of a year, the salary ain’t too shabby. If it were up to me, I’d have fired em all.

Ever been to West Virginia? I have lived there and spend a whole bunch time there and I know what most little towns look like. You really think these teachers are "well paid"? I doubt it. Teachers are the one profession that I have no problem seeing get a raise, they do more than most people ever will for the development of kids and prepare them for a good future.

They knew before getting the job how much they make . Want more money ? Get a new job that pays more. They don't work all year . They get summers off and one (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman) of a pension. There suppose to be teachers cause they love kids teaching and there job

My wife taught High school ALGEBRA for 28 years. On average she saw 210- 230 students a DAY. (7 class periods) . When it came time to grade homework and or test / exams she would grade papers until 8;30- 10 every night. Plus it would also take her most of the weekend to enter grades into the computer.
NOW before you mouth off about how much they make and the number of days lock yourself in a room that is designed for 20 students but has 32 kids sitting crammed in there. TEACHING ALGEBRA that everyone hates and doesn't want to learn. For 6 hours a day. I bet you would ask for a raise no matter what you got paid or you would quit at lunch on the first day !!!!

Now with that said you can find lazy people in every profession.