[Yommy]

Well I was not saying it was enough to raise a family on but it could be enough seeing as over half of America is raising family's on half that amount each year. Before the job losses and all more than half the country was making it on 40k for two working parents. So I know that if one teacher (one parent) makes 36k a year and the other parent makes 19k-30k a year they are doing a lot better than most are now a days. Heck my fiance is the one paying bills here and he is the only one working and does not complain as much as the teachers here do.

In my opinion it's one thing to complain when the country is in a good financial standing but it's another to complain when they country is having to sacrifice everywhere. In most states across America the teachers make less than 30k a year starting off an are lucky to make anywhere close to 40k a year after being there a while. I don't see why the teachers in South Carolina have to be so different and expect to be treated special when our kids are learning nothing from them.

Many of the teachers in the school districts drive 30-40 thousand dollar cars. For that kind of payment I'd be looking to buy a house somewhere away from my mother. So my point is they earn enough for what little they teach our kids. If they taught them things and it showed then I'd be all for paying them more but they don't.

An on a side note I think they need to bring back teh old school punishments for kids who misbehave in schools.