Originally Posted by lynnie

My sister is a teacher. All i hear from her is how much she is underpaid.
well...she maakes over$100,000.00 a year. This is a public school, she teaches
At a jr/sr high school.
She gets extra for lunch, or parking lot duty. Also if she coaches.
She get$100.00/game for one hr. Of umpiring.
And...she cant get fired either, she has tenure(more thaan three yrs).

When my son was in school, i would make a collection and buy a visa gift card.
Also my son would make the teacher a personalizd pointer.
a 3/8" dowel he would paint pencil yellow, sharpen on end to a point, paint oter end pink
And put the name on the pencil. Teachers always asked for that.