Comments on: Wauwatosa teachers doing less because they got a raise http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/09/14/wauwatosa-teachers-doing-less-because-they-got-a-raise/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:05:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Carnival of Fraud - September 22, 2008 | Sequence Inc. Fraud Files Blog http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/09/14/wauwatosa-teachers-doing-less-because-they-got-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-182954 Carnival of Fraud - September 22, 2008 | Sequence Inc. Fraud Files Blog Sun, 17 May 2009 16:01:11 +0000 http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1945#comment-182954 [...] Coenen presents Wauwatosa teachers doing less because they got a raise posted at Fraud [...] [...] Coenen presents Wauwatosa teachers doing less because they got a raise posted at Fraud [...]

]]> By: Kelly http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/09/14/wauwatosa-teachers-doing-less-because-they-got-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-164755 Kelly Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:26:22 +0000 http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1945#comment-164755 Having worked both sides of the fence, teaching and being a corporate drone, I don't know that there are any particular perks to being a teacher that you can't also find elsewhere. As for saying that it is all about the money, I would have to disagree. It is a profession that you do have to enjoy in order to stick with it. After a few years, like everything else it is easy to get stuck in a career path and not see any options, at which point yes you do start looking for more income. Anyone in any profession just looking for a paycheck won't stick with it for very long. Certainly, though, there is no reason to go on a semi-strike just because you aren't getting a big enough raise. If the rest of the world did that things would come to a stop in a hurry. Having worked both sides of the fence, teaching and being a corporate drone, I don’t know that there are any particular perks to being a teacher that you can’t also find elsewhere.

As for saying that it is all about the money, I would have to disagree. It is a profession that you do have to enjoy in order to stick with it. After a few years, like everything else it is easy to get stuck in a career path and not see any options, at which point yes you do start looking for more income. Anyone in any profession just looking for a paycheck won’t stick with it for very long.

Certainly, though, there is no reason to go on a semi-strike just because you aren’t getting a big enough raise. If the rest of the world did that things would come to a stop in a hurry.

]]> By: resident http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles/2008/09/14/wauwatosa-teachers-doing-less-because-they-got-a-raise/comment-page-1/#comment-164607 resident Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:28:58 +0000 http://www.sequence-inc.com/fraudfiles/?p=1945#comment-164607 I kick myself daily for not going into teaching. Instead I'm saddled with working two full-time jobs to cover my special needs son's medication (because United Health Care's coverage denies most our medication). Early retirement, insurance coverage, pension and summer's off (ability to pick up a part-time job) ... I am pushing my children to get degrees in teaching or therapy (to help all of us who didn't go into teaching). I kick myself daily for not going into teaching. Instead I’m saddled with working two full-time jobs to cover my special needs son’s medication (because United Health Care’s coverage denies most our medication). Early retirement, insurance coverage, pension and summer’s off (ability to pick up a part-time job) … I am pushing my children to get degrees in teaching or therapy (to help all of us who didn’t go into teaching).

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