I worked as a secretary for a couple of years while my husband earned his masters degree. I came home one day and told my mind was rusting. He said well, why you go study engineering. I said YES! and did so. After one semester in engineering I was offered a summer job at twice the salary of my full time secretarial job. I had entere…
I worked as a secretary for a couple of years while my husband earned his masters degree. I came home one day and told my mind was rusting. He said well, why you go study engineering. I said YES! and did so. After one semester in engineering I was offered a summer job at twice the salary of my full time secretarial job. I had entered a "man's" occupation with all its benefits. Some of the problem is the jobs that are majority women are not as valued as like teachers are not given the value they deserve. On the other hand, when I was promoted to the manager of my engineering group I found out that 2/3's of the people working for me made more money than I did. Most of that may have been that I was climbing the corporate ladder rather quickly, but they had to give me 20%+ raises every six months for two years to get my salary in line with the job I was doing.
I taught school and paid for my husband’s last year of college. In his first job right out of college, he made twice what I made. Where would anyone be without teachers? Teachers who have profound influence on kids often caring for them when no one else does.
I think teachers are the most exploited group in our society. It should be the most valued job in our society because it will make the most difference to the next generation being successful and have well-being.
I worked as a secretary for a couple of years while my husband earned his masters degree. I came home one day and told my mind was rusting. He said well, why you go study engineering. I said YES! and did so. After one semester in engineering I was offered a summer job at twice the salary of my full time secretarial job. I had entered a "man's" occupation with all its benefits. Some of the problem is the jobs that are majority women are not as valued as like teachers are not given the value they deserve. On the other hand, when I was promoted to the manager of my engineering group I found out that 2/3's of the people working for me made more money than I did. Most of that may have been that I was climbing the corporate ladder rather quickly, but they had to give me 20%+ raises every six months for two years to get my salary in line with the job I was doing.
I taught school and paid for my husband’s last year of college. In his first job right out of college, he made twice what I made. Where would anyone be without teachers? Teachers who have profound influence on kids often caring for them when no one else does.
I think teachers are the most exploited group in our society. It should be the most valued job in our society because it will make the most difference to the next generation being successful and have well-being.