n.b. apropo of nothing in a couple of films from the US I've seen teachers need to do part time jobs in coffee shops etc.
Are American teachers really that badly paid?
This whole recession thing... Page 11
"OK someone's taken a muffin and hasn't paid for it. You're all staying in detention tonight until the person responsible owns up."
Quote: sootyj @ October 5 2008, 10:18 PM BSTn.b. apropo of nothing in a couple of films from the US I've seen teachers need to do part time jobs in coffee shops etc.
Are American teachers really that badly paid?
The starting salary for a teacher with no experience here in San Antonio is $45,000 per year. The median income for a household in the city is $36,214, and the median income for a family is $53,100. You can buy a home here for $100,000, so I think they're well-paid.
Teachers only work 9 or 10 months out of the year, so many of them work additional jobs in the summertime to occupy their time and keep the paychecks rolling in.
Quote: Griff @ October 5 2008, 10:14 PM BSTThere are some opinions it's not worth taking the time to listen to, though, eg most conspiracy theorists.
And those of the French.
Quote: DaButt @ October 5 2008, 10:51 PM BSTThe starting salary for a teacher with no experience here in San Antonio is $45,000 per year. The median income for a household in the city is $36,214, and the median income for a family is $53,100. You can buy a home here for $100,000, so I think they're well-paid.
Teachers only work 9 or 10 months out of the year, so many of them work additional jobs in the summertime to occupy their time and keep the paychecks rolling in.
Once more Hollywood lies.
Starting salary in UK is about £26,000 working upto around £40,000 in about 10 years. But lots of opportunities to top it up.
Median propety prices in London about £300,000.
About 6 times St Antonio, but there are schemes to help out.
Quote: DaButt @ October 5 2008, 9:46 PM BSTBecause they're economists and bankers they know more about it than I do. It's clear from the reactions in Europe and elsewhere that this is a global problem and there seems to be a general consensus that a bailout is required. Most importantly, they need to ensure that the whole mess doesn't happen again a few years down the road.
You seem to be saying that you've asked a barber if you need a haircut...
Quote: sootyj @ October 5 2008, 10:08 PM BSTThe bail out money, where exactly does it come from|?
More importantly, can we track where it is going?
Quote: sootyj @ October 5 2008, 10:16 PM BSTThe scary thing about the internet is how shiny and probable it can make silly theories look.
Like the need for a $700 billion dollar bailout...
Quote: sootyj @ October 5 2008, 11:17 PM BSTAbout 6 times St Antonio, but there are schemes to help out.
The median price is actually about $155,000 but, as I said, you can find houses cheaper.
Some areas pay teachers more or less than they do here. It all depends on how much tax the citizens are willing to pay. Here's how my property taxes are divided up. As you can see, $3,000 per year goes to the public school system and $300 is given to the community colleges.
Not to offer an opinion (some of my friends are teachers)...
Woody Allen: "Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, teach gym. And, of course, those who couldn't do anything worked in my school."
Ha!
If you had purchased £1000 of Northern Rock shares one year ago it would now be worth £4.95, with HBOS, earlier this week your £1000 would have been worth £16.50, £1000 invested in XL Leisure would now be worth less than £5, but if you bought £1000 worth of Tennents Lager one year ago, drank it all, then took the empty cans to an aluminium re-cycling plant, you would get £214. So based on the above statistics the best current investment advice is to drink heavily and re-cycle.
http://www.spectator.co.uk/business/trading-floor/2095181/how-to-make-money-out-of-turmoil.thtml
Was just talking to my friend in Iceland and she says things are pretty grim. She and her husband are talking about leaving the country.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/05/iceland.creditcrunch
And who can beat the warm feeling of Tennant's lager?
Central heating for tramps.
Of course the UK was having a property crisis well before the credit crunch.
Lots of places where annual wage to mortgage ratio is about £12,000 to £270,000 (2 bedroom flat). Even in crap holes that property figure rarely dips below £100,000.
I blame Thatcher selling off council housing opened up a black hole for those not already housed.
Quote: DaButt @ October 6 2008, 3:06 AM BSTWas just talking to my friend in Iceland and she says things are pretty grim. She and her husband are talking about leaving the country.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/05/iceland.creditcrunch
"When everyone was extremely rich in Iceland - you know, last month,..."
Poor Bjork they'll be queuing upto mug her.
I dunno. For a mad little pixie, Bjork's got a good old punch on her. Ever see that footage where she kicked that journalist's ass?
Yes it was strangely erotic.
I suppose Iceland could pull up the drawbridge eat fish and puffins and ignore the rest of the world