Sufficient_Risk1684 t1_j6x3s7u wrote on February 2, 2023 at 2:48 PM

Reply to comment by Squidworth89 in Most needed jobs in Maine? by Pleasentplayer1230

True, but it's a cost and investment. 40k minimum and four years of time to make 30% more then the worst possible pay. When you could have not spent the money, worked full time those four years and had 4 years of experience and raises in another career path. It's decent in terms of teacher pay maybe but not in terms of pay inflation in many other fields.

Squidworth89 t1_j6x4r5a wrote on February 2, 2023 at 2:54 PM

Outside of a trade that four years of experience isn’t going to get you far over the long run. You’re not going to have the benefits teachers have day one.

Teachers go from college to into a classroom by themselves. They have no real teaching skills post college… they learn with the into the frying pan approach. College is all theory and little practice. Which is fine. But don’t over value paper. I personally wouldn’t want my kids to have a teacher with < 3 years on the job experience.