[quote=no_such_reality][quote=CA renter]
If you think teaching is so easy and overpaid, why aren’t you doing it?[/quote]
Trotting that out again?
Did I say overpaid? – no.
Did I say easy? -no.
Did I say, making $65K plus 15% bonus? – Yes.
Did I say possibly getting $3000 for bilingual – Yes.
It’s kind of like the firefighters, you want to argue their salary schedule and poverty in spite of their W-2s showing six figures.
Can we have a honest discussion about how much the teacher’s really make?
Seriously, the schools should publish actual reported W-2 earnings sans names. kind of like Chang did for the cities and counties.[/quote]
Okay, let’s say we want to determine how much doctors make (or engineers, or…pick your occupation). I would consider the “average” earnings for workers who had the “standard” qualifications, and worked the “standard” schedule. Anything in addition to this (overtime, bonuses, additional compensation for qualifications above those required for the job, etc.) would be “potential” extra income.
They would have to go above and beyond their normal duties in order to earn this extra income; therefore, I would not include it when discussing earnings for certain occupations UNLESS these extra jobs/qualifications (and income) were addressed as separate from the “standard” earnings.
