you hear the propaganda all the time. teachers are so poor. poor, poor teachers. teachers' salaries are so low. all teachers are paupers. poor teachers. granted, teachers are human, and like most humans who earn a wage in exchange for a good or service, they complain about their income, but that doesn’t excuse their exceptional avarice. the average teacher salary in minnesota for 2002-2003 was $44,745. rankings of the states 2003 and estimates of school statistics 2004. the most recent data shows that the median salary for a minneapolis-st. paul high school teacher is $49,260. the median salary for a minneapolis-st. paul elementary school teacher is $47,242. just think if one teacher marries another teacher and they live together. that’s a household income of close to $100,000. according to the census bureau, the upper limit of the 80th percentile of u.s. household income in 2001 was $83,500. that's what i call depravity. i wouldn’t be surprised to find out that teachers’ unions had filed amicus briefs in support of dick grasso. the minnesota median household income is $47,111. the minneapolis median household income is $42,010.
a minneapolis police officer earns between $35,386-$52,962, plus benefits and overtime.
“firefighters are a waste of tax dollars.” –some guy in ames, iowa
frank solich of ohio will probably face bo pelini of pittsburgh next year. pitt ended the season in the top 25. what will happen when pitt comes to lincoln next year. the first husker victory that klinker and i watched together, a spanking of a weak and overrated big ten team, was pelini's first game as head coach.
dubliner tonight.
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Yes, I find it interesting that teachers complain about salary. One of the more intriguing arguments is that teachers often point to the average income of persons having a college degree, a piece of paper teacher's possess. However, I like to point out that teacher's are paid for 9 months of work, and if you pro-rate their salaries to see what they would be paid for 12 months, then a $45,000 dollar job is suddenly looking like $60,000. If a teacher wanted to, they could supplement their income over the summer with an additional job for 2-3 months. If they are in such financial hardship, where are the statistics claiming that teachers must seek second jobs to afford living.
Solich has his work cut out for him. He is now on the other end of the non-conference schedule. His out of conference next year: Northwestern, Pitt, and Virginia Tech. As head coach at Nebraska, he never faced Pitt, but he beat Northwestern 66-17 in 2000. As an assistant in 1996, he was on the staff that beat Virginia Tech 41-21. He will start next year 0-3.
Dubliner, eh?
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