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happybird

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5. I dated a teacher and was shocked at his salary

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Wed Mar 30, 2022, 04:40 PM

Mar 2022

One morning I was puttering around in his kitchen and his W2 was sitting on the table. I was making more than him, a lot more, as a bartender in a dive biker bar.
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He taught in a northern Virginia elementary school and had been there for six years, so a “highly paid” area and not a rookie teacher. His kids and their parents loved him.

Disgusting.

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We All Know Teachers Are Underpaid. But Who Imagined It Was This Bad? [View all] Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 OP

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I dated a teacher and was shocked at his salary happybird Mar 2022 #5

The ugly reality & disgrace. #8 appalachiablue Mar 2022 #9

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