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While I certainly commiserate with each and every one of the replies given so far, I have to tell you what keeps me in this field after 25 years. A couple of days ago I had my class write for try-outs for our UIL creative

writing competition. They were all given a prompt about a hero-what is a hero, who is yours and why. We did discuss a little at the beginning about who they could write about. I just said that it had to be a real person, living or dead, but no Spiderman or Supergirl, etc. A precious little boy that is new to our school this year wrote a great essay on his hero--ME! If I never accomplish

anything else in my lifetime, I have made a positive impact on that one child. That makes it all worth it!

My husband is also a teacher, a band director to be exact. He makes much more than I, but he spends a lot of hours away from home for competitions, etc. He is back in the classroom after 3 years of being miserable out of it. It's just in his blood I guess.

We have never made a lot of money, but that is not really why we went into teaching. I guess we didn't make enough of a negative impact on our children because our oldest son is in his 1st year of teaching band and absolutely LOVES it. Our younger son is a freshman in college and also considering a career in teaching.

If your only concern is your salary, then perhaps you are in the wrong profession. I have said this before to posters such as you who had misgivings--teaching really is a calling. You have to be in it for the right reasons. Salary is not one of them.

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