OT: High school teacher calls it quits

[EconProf]

Permeliza, we are largely in agreement.
My gripe is mostly with the reporter, who must have worked hard to justify a preconceived story thesis: find an unusually good teacher, paid an unusually low salary, and who has made an unusual career change decision to take effect in one year. We should draw conclusions from averages and not anecdotes.

[ucodegen]

[quote=Fearful]What do you expect from CNN. “Linear equations”? “Matrix calculus”? I did my undergrad in physics, and I have to say I could not explain to someone what a linear equation is and how it is different from a non linear equation. Matrix calculus? I suppose I probably would know it if I saw it, but the name does not ring a bell.[/quote]
How about Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus.. they do exist. I can Xerox the cover of some text books. I suspect that the CNN writers decided to exaggerate the field to make the teacher look more ‘special’. I also suspect that the salaries were listed as below the actual. Something is definitely screwy in the article.

http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/tchsal10.pdf
http://teacherportal.com/salary/Florida-teacher-salary

I noted a good percentage of Masters degrees, but there was no correlation between salaries and what field of study that the Masters was done in, nor what field they were teaching.
NOTE: Starting salary is listed as $33K, Average salary is $46K.

[quote=Fearful]It’s “Caltech”, by the way.[/quote]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx

The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”.. which incidentally includes JPL.(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/)

[ucodegen]

[quote=Fearful]What do you expect from CNN. “Linear equations”? “Matrix calculus”? I did my undergrad in physics, and I have to say I could not explain to someone what a linear equation is and how it is different from a non linear equation. Matrix calculus? I suppose I probably would know it if I saw it, but the name does not ring a bell.[/quote]
How about Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus.. they do exist. I can Xerox the cover of some text books. I suspect that the CNN writers decided to exaggerate the field to make the teacher look more ‘special’. I also suspect that the salaries were listed as below the actual. Something is definitely screwy in the article.

http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/tchsal10.pdf
http://teacherportal.com/salary/Florida-teacher-salary

I noted a good percentage of Masters degrees, but there was no correlation between salaries and what field of study that the Masters was done in, nor what field they were teaching.
NOTE: Starting salary is listed as $33K, Average salary is $46K.

[quote=Fearful]It’s “Caltech”, by the way.[/quote]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx

The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”.. which incidentally includes JPL.(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/)

[ucodegen]

[quote=Fearful]What do you expect from CNN. “Linear equations”? “Matrix calculus”? I did my undergrad in physics, and I have to say I could not explain to someone what a linear equation is and how it is different from a non linear equation. Matrix calculus? I suppose I probably would know it if I saw it, but the name does not ring a bell.[/quote]
How about Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus.. they do exist. I can Xerox the cover of some text books. I suspect that the CNN writers decided to exaggerate the field to make the teacher look more ‘special’. I also suspect that the salaries were listed as below the actual. Something is definitely screwy in the article.

http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/tchsal10.pdf
http://teacherportal.com/salary/Florida-teacher-salary

I noted a good percentage of Masters degrees, but there was no correlation between salaries and what field of study that the Masters was done in, nor what field they were teaching.
NOTE: Starting salary is listed as $33K, Average salary is $46K.

[quote=Fearful]It’s “Caltech”, by the way.[/quote]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx

The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”.. which incidentally includes JPL.(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/)

[ucodegen]

[quote=Fearful]What do you expect from CNN. “Linear equations”? “Matrix calculus”? I did my undergrad in physics, and I have to say I could not explain to someone what a linear equation is and how it is different from a non linear equation. Matrix calculus? I suppose I probably would know it if I saw it, but the name does not ring a bell.[/quote]
How about Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus.. they do exist. I can Xerox the cover of some text books. I suspect that the CNN writers decided to exaggerate the field to make the teacher look more ‘special’. I also suspect that the salaries were listed as below the actual. Something is definitely screwy in the article.

http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/tchsal10.pdf
http://teacherportal.com/salary/Florida-teacher-salary

I noted a good percentage of Masters degrees, but there was no correlation between salaries and what field of study that the Masters was done in, nor what field they were teaching.
NOTE: Starting salary is listed as $33K, Average salary is $46K.

[quote=Fearful]It’s “Caltech”, by the way.[/quote]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx

The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”.. which incidentally includes JPL.(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/)

[ucodegen]

[quote=Fearful]What do you expect from CNN. “Linear equations”? “Matrix calculus”? I did my undergrad in physics, and I have to say I could not explain to someone what a linear equation is and how it is different from a non linear equation. Matrix calculus? I suppose I probably would know it if I saw it, but the name does not ring a bell.[/quote]
How about Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus.. they do exist. I can Xerox the cover of some text books. I suspect that the CNN writers decided to exaggerate the field to make the teacher look more ‘special’. I also suspect that the salaries were listed as below the actual. Something is definitely screwy in the article.

http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/tchsal10.pdf
http://teacherportal.com/salary/Florida-teacher-salary

I noted a good percentage of Masters degrees, but there was no correlation between salaries and what field of study that the Masters was done in, nor what field they were teaching.
NOTE: Starting salary is listed as $33K, Average salary is $46K.

[quote=Fearful]It’s “Caltech”, by the way.[/quote]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx

The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”.. which incidentally includes JPL.(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/)

[Fearful]

[quote=ucodegen]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx
[/quote]

Ha!

[quote=ucodegen]
The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”[/quote]

The name “Caltech” (what’s the term for a word compiled of two stubs?) was created long before the wretched fashion of putting capitalized letters in the middles of words.

– FearFul

[Fearful]

[quote=ucodegen]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx
[/quote]

Ha!

[quote=ucodegen]
The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”[/quote]

The name “Caltech” (what’s the term for a word compiled of two stubs?) was created long before the wretched fashion of putting capitalized letters in the middles of words.

– FearFul

[Fearful]

[quote=ucodegen]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx
[/quote]

Ha!

[quote=ucodegen]
The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”[/quote]

The name “Caltech” (what’s the term for a word compiled of two stubs?) was created long before the wretched fashion of putting capitalized letters in the middles of words.

– FearFul

[Fearful]

[quote=ucodegen]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx
[/quote]

Ha!

[quote=ucodegen]
The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”[/quote]

The name “Caltech” (what’s the term for a word compiled of two stubs?) was created long before the wretched fashion of putting capitalized letters in the middles of words.

– FearFul

[Fearful]

[quote=ucodegen]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx
[/quote]

Ha!

[quote=ucodegen]
The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”[/quote]

The name “Caltech” (what’s the term for a word compiled of two stubs?) was created long before the wretched fashion of putting capitalized letters in the middles of words.

– FearFul

[jimmyle]

The ‘average’ teacher salary is very misleading. This include part-time teachers, special ed tutors, and substitute teachers. In OC the average teacher salary is $78K, with teachers in Laguna Beach Unified in 2009-10 earned the highest average salary of $93,120. I am not sure if this include only full-time teachers or also part-time teachers.

My friend is a math teacher in Fountain Valley and with 10 yrs of experience he is making more than $80K which is comparable to Engineers with similar experience but they have a lot more vacation and plus a pension. From the article, they had 180 instruction days last year.

http://articles.ocregister.com/2011-02-28/news/28647497_1_teacher-salary-orange-unified-teachers-public-school-teachers

[quote=ucodegen][quote=Fearful]What do you expect from CNN. “Linear equations”? “Matrix calculus”? I did my undergrad in physics, and I have to say I could not explain to someone what a linear equation is and how it is different from a non linear equation. Matrix calculus? I suppose I probably would know it if I saw it, but the name does not ring a bell.[/quote]
How about Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus.. they do exist. I can Xerox the cover of some text books. I suspect that the CNN writers decided to exaggerate the field to make the teacher look more ‘special’. I also suspect that the salaries were listed as below the actual. Something is definitely screwy in the article.

http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/tchsal10.pdf
http://teacherportal.com/salary/Florida-teacher-salary

I noted a good percentage of Masters degrees, but there was no correlation between salaries and what field of study that the Masters was done in, nor what field they were teaching.
NOTE: Starting salary is listed as $33K, Average salary is $46K.

[quote=Fearful]It’s “Caltech”, by the way.[/quote]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx

The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”.. which incidentally includes JPL.(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/)[/quote]

[jimmyle]

The ‘average’ teacher salary is very misleading. This include part-time teachers, special ed tutors, and substitute teachers. In OC the average teacher salary is $78K, with teachers in Laguna Beach Unified in 2009-10 earned the highest average salary of $93,120. I am not sure if this include only full-time teachers or also part-time teachers.

My friend is a math teacher in Fountain Valley and with 10 yrs of experience he is making more than $80K which is comparable to Engineers with similar experience but they have a lot more vacation and plus a pension. From the article, they had 180 instruction days last year.

http://articles.ocregister.com/2011-02-28/news/28647497_1_teacher-salary-orange-unified-teachers-public-school-teachers

[quote=ucodegen][quote=Fearful]What do you expect from CNN. “Linear equations”? “Matrix calculus”? I did my undergrad in physics, and I have to say I could not explain to someone what a linear equation is and how it is different from a non linear equation. Matrix calculus? I suppose I probably would know it if I saw it, but the name does not ring a bell.[/quote]
How about Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus.. they do exist. I can Xerox the cover of some text books. I suspect that the CNN writers decided to exaggerate the field to make the teacher look more ‘special’. I also suspect that the salaries were listed as below the actual. Something is definitely screwy in the article.

http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/tchsal10.pdf
http://teacherportal.com/salary/Florida-teacher-salary

I noted a good percentage of Masters degrees, but there was no correlation between salaries and what field of study that the Masters was done in, nor what field they were teaching.
NOTE: Starting salary is listed as $33K, Average salary is $46K.

[quote=Fearful]It’s “Caltech”, by the way.[/quote]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx

The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”.. which incidentally includes JPL.(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/)[/quote]

[jimmyle]

The ‘average’ teacher salary is very misleading. This include part-time teachers, special ed tutors, and substitute teachers. In OC the average teacher salary is $78K, with teachers in Laguna Beach Unified in 2009-10 earned the highest average salary of $93,120. I am not sure if this include only full-time teachers or also part-time teachers.

My friend is a math teacher in Fountain Valley and with 10 yrs of experience he is making more than $80K which is comparable to Engineers with similar experience but they have a lot more vacation and plus a pension. From the article, they had 180 instruction days last year.

http://articles.ocregister.com/2011-02-28/news/28647497_1_teacher-salary-orange-unified-teachers-public-school-teachers

[quote=ucodegen][quote=Fearful]What do you expect from CNN. “Linear equations”? “Matrix calculus”? I did my undergrad in physics, and I have to say I could not explain to someone what a linear equation is and how it is different from a non linear equation. Matrix calculus? I suppose I probably would know it if I saw it, but the name does not ring a bell.[/quote]
How about Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus.. they do exist. I can Xerox the cover of some text books. I suspect that the CNN writers decided to exaggerate the field to make the teacher look more ‘special’. I also suspect that the salaries were listed as below the actual. Something is definitely screwy in the article.

http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/tchsal10.pdf
http://teacherportal.com/salary/Florida-teacher-salary

I noted a good percentage of Masters degrees, but there was no correlation between salaries and what field of study that the Masters was done in, nor what field they were teaching.
NOTE: Starting salary is listed as $33K, Average salary is $46K.

[quote=Fearful]It’s “Caltech”, by the way.[/quote]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx

The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”.. which incidentally includes JPL.(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/)[/quote]

[jimmyle]

The ‘average’ teacher salary is very misleading. This include part-time teachers, special ed tutors, and substitute teachers. In OC the average teacher salary is $78K, with teachers in Laguna Beach Unified in 2009-10 earned the highest average salary of $93,120. I am not sure if this include only full-time teachers or also part-time teachers.

My friend is a math teacher in Fountain Valley and with 10 yrs of experience he is making more than $80K which is comparable to Engineers with similar experience but they have a lot more vacation and plus a pension. From the article, they had 180 instruction days last year.

http://articles.ocregister.com/2011-02-28/news/28647497_1_teacher-salary-orange-unified-teachers-public-school-teachers

[quote=ucodegen][quote=Fearful]What do you expect from CNN. “Linear equations”? “Matrix calculus”? I did my undergrad in physics, and I have to say I could not explain to someone what a linear equation is and how it is different from a non linear equation. Matrix calculus? I suppose I probably would know it if I saw it, but the name does not ring a bell.[/quote]
How about Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus.. they do exist. I can Xerox the cover of some text books. I suspect that the CNN writers decided to exaggerate the field to make the teacher look more ‘special’. I also suspect that the salaries were listed as below the actual. Something is definitely screwy in the article.

http://www.fldoe.org/eias/eiaspubs/pdf/tchsal10.pdf
http://teacherportal.com/salary/Florida-teacher-salary

I noted a good percentage of Masters degrees, but there was no correlation between salaries and what field of study that the Masters was done in, nor what field they were teaching.
NOTE: Starting salary is listed as $33K, Average salary is $46K.

[quote=Fearful]It’s “Caltech”, by the way.[/quote]
Unless he is talking about this group: http://www.caltech.com/Pages/Default.aspx

The mis-capitalization is understandable considering that Caltech stands for “California Institute of Technology”.. which incidentally includes JPL.(http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/)[/quote]

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