Re: TO's real topic: Faith vs. Reason

Jim wrote:

"Lee Oswald Ving" <leeoving@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Xns97F27B14DF676leeovingyahoocom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"Jim" <qwerty@xxxxxxx> wrote in
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No, these items are essential for social organization. For instance,
teachers feel they have a higher calling, so they are willing to
sacrifice the financial potential of their education for a career in
teaching.

No points there. Teachers are paid very handsomely for a fairly easy
4-year degree.

Yeah...about that.

I'm thinking the 40K my wife made for eighty-hour weeks doesn't qualify for
any useage of "handsomely" I've ever heard. Closer to "McDonalds."

And McDonald's pays overtime.



Two things:

1. Your wife doesn't make 40k. That's just what her paycheck says. She makes more like 57k if you add it up.

The AVERAGE teacher in the United States works no more than 8 hours a day and brings home 40k in salary.

Maybe. Cite?

The AVERAGE benefit package is about 25% of gross pay or 10k for your wife. So she makes 50k.

You can't buy groceries, pay the mortgage, or make car payments with a benefits package. So she makes 40K in salary.

Add in TWO FREAKING MONTHS of vacation for another 7k value which brings us to 57,000 a year for a young college graduate with a 4-year degree.


This is not a paid vacation, so she still takes home 40K. Also, to use your virtual dollar adjustment method, if she spends a month in Europe on her vacation, that's about a 7K value, so she takes home 33K for the entire year.

And advanced diploma will bring you 80k a year.


Maybe in big metropolitan areas and wealthy suburbs.


--dkomo@xxxxxxxx



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