O.T. Teachers

Teachers always worked hard. My science teacher especially, she was a hot one. I really liked her aerodynamics. (subject). She liked me if you know what I mean ...But I took the high road and stayed with the ladies my age...Anyone else have a favorite teacher????

Don't go there!

Aw c'mon Ray its a simple question!

And then you woke up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm afraid my teachers were all aerodynamically challenged...

Joe, some poeple just enjoy being MAD.

YES 9th grade english teacher . Vicki ,,omg,she was a gem . Always wore skirts or dresses , stockings, heels . Can you say "Hot For Teacher " She graded a few students for things other than english .

I graduated from school back in the early sixties. If the teachers I had were to teach today a lot of them would be in jail for assault and abuse. Times have changed. Today at our elementary schools the top waged teacher will at the end of their union contract make 94 thousand per year.Not bad for about eight months of work.Their union owns among other things the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey team and other investments in the billions.

Are you saying your teacher was having s ex with her students? Flame away, but wrong is wrong.

(quoted from post at 06:12:39 05/16/09) I graduated from school back in the early sixties. If the teachers I had were to teach today a lot of them would be in jail for assault and abuse. Times have changed. Today at our elementary schools the top waged teacher will at the end of their union contract make 94 thousand per year.Not bad for about eight months of work.Their union owns among other things the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey team and other investments in the billions.

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What he said. Many of my teachers were just "poor teachers" and as a guy who needed a little bit of "extra push" I suffered several bad situations during crucial classes.

Algebra one teach, a REAL poor teacher, had had a stroke early in the year. Worse, after we re- aligned ourselves with the much better "sub" HE came back later in the year--completely disrupting the skedule. I didn't learn a damn thing from him

Same thing in Junior? Senior? chem. Instructor was a skier, broke his leg. I learned 10X as much from the sub as I did him, and once again, HE came limping back just in time to disrupt what we'd started to learn.

And, US History instuctor ran off to play with state legislature,, same tired old story....switch to sub, start over with learning, then at end of year the big shot came back to disrupt the skedule.

I did have one EXCELLENT old gal for Algebra II and "Senior Math" (Trig) who taught me more in just one or two years than I'd learned in the last 4. She was "old school" didn't take any guff, and kept you engaged. I don't remember her playing favorites, either.

Hot teachers? Um, no. Most were old enough to be my grandmother

My third grade teacher was Miss Jones- nicest (and best looking) teacher I ever had. We put on a Christmas play, and when we got to our room to get ready for the play, there was this guy with her. She happily announced that she and the guy were getting married and moving to St. Louis or somewhere, and she wouldn't be back after Christmas break. Rather than sharing in her joy, we all simultaneously burst into tears. So here's the whole class bawling their heads off, and she's trying to get us to regain our composure, because she's got a play to put on. We managed to get through it, but she probably had second thoughts about her timing.

Hope you've had a nice life, Miss Jones, wherever you are.

A Mrs. B. taught English at my high school for forty years. Over the entire 40 years, everyone who attended that school at some time or other had Mrs. B. for a teacher. She was a true institution in the school.

There came a time when she was retired and I was Service Manager for our local Ford dealer. Mrs. B. brought her car in one day for an oil change. While we were servicing her car, she engaged in chit-chat with the dealer's wife in the showroom. After she left, the dealer's wife told me that Mrs. B. had told her that of all the students she had over all those years, I was the one she would have most like to have killed.

Coming from her, I considered it an honor and a distinction.

I think a lot of kids (especially boys) lust after their teachers. I think I wanted at least one teacher each year through highschool. Being the social outcast I connected with the teachers more anyway. I had a huge crush on one of my teachers, who actually was the mother of one of my classmates. I actually liked the thicker-calf look anyway.

And another teacher I thought I had a serious chance of luring into my lusty trap I made a point to be a few seconds late to her class each day because the punishment was after-school detention. But I had a car and didn't work till 5 and she kept me in the room alone with her--it was not a punishment, it was a gift! She may not have played favorites but since everyone else avoided her eye contact and I was big on eye contact at the time, she spent most of her class periods, eyes locked in mine. I remember one day she wore a top that was button-down and her full figure pulled on the buttons so it came open between them...

My uncle married his high-school math teacher. Her voice is horrible but the rumor is that it got that way because she really enjoyed pleasing him and it stretched her vocal cords.

Is it any wonder that now the woman that I won't leave alone is a schoolteacher?

To keep this tractor related, my kindergarten teacher was Miss Helen Wood, granddaughter of the Wood Brothers Threshing Machine Company founders. She never married and lived in a mansion that overlooked the factory. She taught all her life and when she retired she was earning more than any other teacher in the district. She took all us kids up to her house where there was this intimidating old man-can't recall who he was, but he looked like those old portraits of the stern faced, bearded men you see from the 1800's. Last time I saw her was back in the 90's at an Old Threshers Reunion-she was operating on of her families steam tractors. She was a long lived gal-made to nearly 100.

You reminded me of a song "Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Jones, we had a thing going on...." Don't remember the rest right now.

I had some good teachers. None I"d consider hot.

Up North....

Wow, I sure think you got your "facts" wrong. Of course, maybe I got left by the wayside here in the midwest. I was a high school physics and biology teacher for 32 years, and a union member for most of those years, and union treasurer for 1 year. I was Dept head for 13 years and was involved in hiring many young teachers. None of your numbers approach any kind of reality we know of in Minnesota. Our union was always on the brink of funding crisis and only one full time employee...the secretary. Our union president was also working half time as a classroom teacher, and drawing half salary for teaching and getting the other half from union dues. Most of the new teachers were not even offered a full time contract, but just enough so the school district did not have to provide insurance benefits. These were bright young people who had a boat load of college loans and were supposed to provide almost full time service for less than 30 K per year. They could pick up an extra 1 to 2 K by being a coach for some of the sports teams...many hours of obligation afterschool and weekends. There was almost no time flexibility, you were obligated to the school calendar or got docked full pay plus 100% benefits as calculated by the district office. I applied for a "personal day" as per contract in 1970 for the day of our wedding and was refused by district office "because I could have gotten married in the summer".

When I retired 10 years ago, there was no place on the salary schedule where any teacher broke the 60K per year mark, even with a PhD and 30 years experience. Since that time, class sizes have dramatically increased, and salaries have not increased by even 50% of the rate that Social Security has increased, (commonly about 1.5%/year and some years no increase at all to keep even with the inflation numbers). And then the costs of increase of the medical insurance have been taken from the negotiations package and been assessed directly to the teacher. So the teacher takes home less $$ each succeeding year.

As to some teacher getting 94K for an annual contract....it might be possible in a high class suburb in NY or Connecticut, but it sure isn't a common number anywhere else in the US. There are some private high schools where the tuition is as high as a private college, and maybe they can afford those salaries, but not in the public school systems.

And the Union owning a pro sports team with their "billions"???? What are you smoking???

Paul in MN

All public employees of the state of Georgia have their salaries posted online and there are plenty of teachers here making $60,000.00 plus. Principals and asst. principals make $85,000.00 plus up to $110,000.00. Some specialists make $90,000.00. I don"t feel sorry for teachers making that kind of money for 8 months of work.

Dont forget the Canadian dollar is only worth about 80 cents US and except for a brief spike last year when it was over 1.05 US it has been at 80 cents or less for years.

Leeb,

Yes, I know it is possible for a teacher to make 60 K, but dig into the details further before making judgements. If they published the salary, I hope they published the criteria for achieving that salary. Usually this pay level is achieved by someone who has earned a Master's Degree (or more) in their teaching area, and has more than 25 years of experience. All college and university education costs and time are borne by the teacher, and many states require "continuing education" credits as a minimum requirement for license renewal. These costs are also fully paid for by the teacher. The "8 months" of work is less than reality, and during the 9.5 months of contract time (usually Aug 25 through June 7) the amount of time required "on the job" is followed by about 3 hours each evening for class prep, paper correcting, and parent contacts, and assigned "duty" to supervise student evening activities.

Yes, I know some teachers who were less dedicated and gamed the system, but I knew far more who gave far more than expected by the contract. You should be thankful there are as many dedicated professionals who have made your children's education successful. You have no idea of the amount of stress the job entails.

As to principals, assistant principals, superintendents and their assistants....now there is where I believe money is being wasted. Yes, I have worked for some whom I respected for their dedication and level of work, but I saw too many who were self serving and thought they were way more important than reality would suggest.

For those who think the answer to public education is to privatize it, the private schools can hire teachers and administrators who have no teacher training and no state license. Some of these people are very good, but way too many are incompetent. In our state we have quite a history of financial fraud with the Charter schools, and a very poor record of academic achievement.

Paul in MN

actually it's the ontario teachers pension fund that owns the toronto maple leafs, along with a whole bunch of golf courses, arena's etc etc
bob

My wife started teaching elementary school in 1968, retires this June after over 35 years experience. Finally made it over 50,000 last year. Neighboring ditricts are somewhat higher, Metro higher yet, but who would want to put up with those kids? As a dairy farmer working 365 days to her 180, I should have made twice as much, plus some for managing. That didn"t happen. Both of us have BS degrees and made our living by what we are good at and enjoy doing. Teachers do their share of whining about pay, just like farmers and most everyone. Grass is always greener, etc.....