[New-Poetry] Runaway MFA

[Anny Ballardini]

Well said Audrey. I also like the job. I think though that I am privileged
usually when I just finished grading tests. Which is on a day like today.


On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Audrey Friedman <poemlady at cox.net> wrote:

> Don't get too jealous of schoolteachers. We work 180 some-odd days and our
> pay for those days is spread out over a year in equal pay periods. We don't
> get paid for what we don't deliver.  I don't get paid for the rolling
> suitcases I often bring home because I can't even carry the work of my 100
> students home to grade on the weekends.  Our salary growth virtually stops
> after the tenth year of service, and our graduate degrees are required but
> not reimbursed. We do it because we love the work, the kids, and often work
> other jobs to pay our bills.
> Audrey
>
>
>
> I always get tired of hearing how
>
>> public school teachers only get paid such-and-such a year when they don't
>> work a full year.
>>
>> --Bob G.
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