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Shripathi Kamath January 16, 2013 at 06:40 pm
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Sylvia Jones January 16, 2013 at 06:24 pm
I am responding to Shlripathi Kamath's post of January 15 which takes exception to a teacher who…Read More receives a 78% pension for 12 years of teaching based on a salary in her/his last year in the classroom of $78,912. The writer cites no source for the information, and as a retired teacher I am concerned that readers will take this claim as fact.
Please consider the following: teacher retirement in the State of California is administered by the state, not by school districts. It is based on teacher age at retirement, number of years taught, and birthdate.
Here is an estimate of what a California teacher might receive based on the profile the writer uses. It is based on the formula as I came to understand it in going through my own retirement process.
Using the writer's data, here is what a California teacher might receive If she/he
retires this June with 12 years of experience, a birthdate of 1946 and an age at retirement of 64 years and seven moths, her/his retirement stipend would be approximately $1,869.89 per month or $22,438.68 per annum. That equates to 28% of final compensation, not the 78% that the writer decries.
Tom January 16, 2013 at 04:26 pm
Good teachers of course matter and I think most of them are quite good. I have kids at SRVHS and…Read More CWMS and for the most part am pleased with how professional they are. Sometimes though we do run into a bad one. When that happens my kids are strong enough to work through it and be fine but the weakers ones suffer.
In our school system it is MUCH easier for the teachers because you have VERY involved parents. We are a team and work with eachother. I hate the teachers union but respect the teachers. I also think there are many things we could do to improve things for students and teachers but we lack the backbone to do it.
Jock December 29, 2012 at 01:56 pm
Agreed. Any advanced alien race reading this would happily skip this planet. Perhaps in the future…Read More this thread may be a teaching tool showing the discord, arrogance and ignorance of 21st century Americans. Angry rantings, most displaying the logic of children. Puke
Tim Sole December 29, 2012 at 01:40 pm
David, it is not as far fetched as you might believe. I'm simply looking at what those in power in…Read More prewar Europe did and stating that I'm not going to allow mankind to repeat those mistakes here in America. Every 60 or 70 years, we simply forget what happened and then repeat the same mistakes that earlier generations made.
Moyuoylcahn December 29, 2012 at 05:49 am
Max The Paper Boy, you are correct, I am not your voice... I am the voice of the voiceless! fyi,…Read More these are the top contributors/PAC to this year's National Election. The NRA is not among them. They are: Friends of John Boehner,RepublicanGovernors Assn,Club for Growth,EMILY's List,League of Conservation,FreedomWorks,Every Republican Is Crucial PAC,Arcus Foundation,Americans for Limited Government,Freedom Project,Susan B Anthony List,Senate Conservatives Fund,Hoyer for Congress,Friends of Jeb Hensarling,Nancy Pelosi for Congress,Blue Dog PAC,AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America,Majority Cmte PAC,Votesane PAC,Environment America...
The NRA makes it influence known primarily through campaign donations. In 2012 they spent a little over 2 million dollars. $1,845,000 of that came from The NRA itself, $360,000 came from it's subsidiary, NRA Institute for Legislative Action. The total amount spent lobbying for gun rights was only $5,535,651 for 2012. In a National Election that cost ran into the billions! Not everyone who supports The NRA is a dues paying member. Not all of us are even gun owners. We support the Right To Bear Arms just the same.
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Olga Hall December 19, 2012 at 12:41 am
Have you read anything about the greatest scam perpetrated on us? The Libor Scandal which is an 800…Read More TRILLION dollar scam that involves the too “big to fail” banks, the Federal Reserve, etc. Why I mention it is because the father of James Holmes the Colorado shooter, and the father of Adam Lanza the Connecticut school shooter were to testify on the Libor Scandal. A coincidence?????????????
Matthew Sanderson (Editor) December 17, 2012 at 02:07 am
Thanks for your contributions. We are now closing this discussion. You are welcome to view the…Read More conversation about gun legislation over here http://patch.com/A-0wNV
Galactic Cannibal December 16, 2012 at 11:45 pm
I voted twice for Pres Obama and would do a 3rd time if allowed.
But I will agree that his cry…Read More looked a bit unreal. the very few times I have cried tears roll down my cheek.
I saw no tear on Pres Obama's face.. why was that ?
Always Right December 16, 2012 at 11:36 pm
First of all, not every American can buy and own a gun. Our constitution gives those that can the…Read More right to do so. Sure you may be able to,with the help of liberal progressives, ban certain types of weapons. To ban all guns you would have to change the constitution. That will never happen period nor should it. If you don't want a gun, don't buy one.
Chris Kiely November 7, 2012 at 05:38 am
32 & 38 both going down in flames. What will those wacky Munger kids spend their $$$ on now?
Deborah Lashever January 12, 2013 at 06:09 pm
More testing means less learning. We are already doing WAY too much testing! Look at Finland--who…Read More now is top in the world in academics--they do not try for excellence anymore, just a well rounded education for everyone--and they are NUMBER ONE!! Why don't we take a lesson from them instead of trying to fix our public education system that was formed SCIENTIFICALLY by Industrialists and Social Darwinists--not Educators--in the early 1800's to dumb us down and make us good little workers and consumers?
Look how well it is working! We are now well below Rwanda in many subjects! NO! No more testing! No more regurgitating little teeny facts that you will never, ever think of in your life again! We have the internet now that we can find out all these facts--like what General won what battle in what year of the Civil War--we don't need to waste years and years of children's lives on crap like that. HOMESCHOOL, people! Form a multi-family support group and make sure your kids are getting a REAL education and are thinking FOR THEMSELVES!
Read John Taylor Gatto's book, "Dumbing us Down" for all the facts and footnotes you need. Do your homework, parents! It is your kid's future and the future of our country and planet that is at stake. We have been asleep and giving our power away for far too long! WAKE UP! Read the book and then decide. What could be more important?
Tim Sole September 13, 2012 at 05:04 pm
@Jennifer, the people who where against "Mandatory Testing", stated this would happen and…Read More it has. Pretty simple to me, no two people will ever learn the same, not everyone should be required to go to college (try and get any living wage job without a degree). I guess the only question we should ask, does a teacher, teach a child how to think or does a teacher, teach a child what to think. The first prepares a child for a lifetime, the second one leads to all kinds of scary stuff.
Jennifer N September 13, 2012 at 04:21 pm
Unfortunately History, Civics, and many other classes have fallen victim to the law of unintended…Read More consequences that resulst from high stakes testing in our schools. By measuring teachers, schools and districts primarily in Math and English scores guess where the focus, money and manpower go at the expense of everything else. This is specifically what Chicago teachers are striking over.
I whole heartedly agree with the writer, responsibility towards ones community is taught primarily at home.
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John September 4, 2012 at 12:01 am
If any of you parents valued your children's lives you WOULD NEVER FEED THEM McDonald's.
Mattey's Mom August 18, 2012 at 04:00 pm
Over & again it was stated on last night's network special honoring our nation's teachers, that…Read More being exposed to 'the arts' in school changed so many students' lives for the better; because (1) it offered a path to those whose family economics would never have been able to provide them such exposure; (2) it identified & encouraged creative talent whether for personal growth or as a future career path (3) test scores in 'core' curricula improve when arts (including visual & performance) are a part of a student's school experience (4) it offers a safe alternative to 'going down the wrong path' (5) it builds self-esteem & team-building.
The same is true of the sciences. It was inspiring to see how kids in even the poorest school districts in the nation were excited about science, excelled & realized a level of intelligence, purpose & focus that they didn't know they had. A shout-out to all these teachers that deliver 110% despite cutbacks & a broken education system.
Cheryl Ortega August 18, 2012 at 01:51 pm
Resist being sucked into the test-obsessed world of LAUSD. Of course you want your child to do…Read More well, but he/she will do the best if the school day regularly includes science and the arts, as well as language arts and math. These are regularly excluded because they are not tested areas. Talk with your principal often. Join your School Site Council and Leadership Council. Be part of decision-making at your child's school. Parents are the most powerful group of people at a school.
leftylimbo August 17, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Great tips. I have a son that just started 1st Grade and these will come in handy. When he was in…Read More Kindergarten, I always found that laying out the clothes the night before bought us extra time the following mornings.
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