tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831714806289449760.post1321820090835230942..comments2023-05-15T06:00:32.951-05:00Comments on Cari-Okie: Women At Work - Same Song, Second VerseCarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04715945419968954583noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831714806289449760.post-65170292748367893402010-02-01T14:41:55.601-06:002010-02-01T14:41:55.601-06:00You can go on-line and look up the salaries of eve...You can go on-line and look up the salaries of every school administrator in the state (as in most states)and the teacher salary scale is on the web site. So at least it's transparent.The teacher scale is based on how many years you have taught full time and how much education you have. So if you take 7 or 10 or 20 years off you never will catch up unless you swith to admin, which doesn't really have a scale. (DOn't do it! Run away!!)) If you spend 10 years in business and then become a teacher, you never will catch up either.<br /><br />The sad thing about Okie teacher pay is that there's not a big gap between beginners and 25 year veterans as far as pay scale. So it's not THAT big a deal to miss a few years. In Cali, the difference could be 40K, so it did matter.<br /><br />Hit you with a hymnal...hmm?Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14669815930006270847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3831714806289449760.post-2246822591838202792010-02-01T13:52:13.819-06:002010-02-01T13:52:13.819-06:00Shari once hit me over the head with a large hymna...Shari once hit me over the head with a large hymnal when I made some asinine, sexist remark in my teens. Let's just say she made an impression.<br /><br />At the risk of another bashing, I can't help but think of (my partner) Rudy, who chose to give up on a career in favor of being a stay home dad. When he's ready to go back, he'll be lucky to make half what he formerly made - maybe a fifth or sixth of what I now make. More significantly, he'll never catch up. Same story with our friends Kristi and Ben - parents of our godchildren. Ben quit working to provide a better environment for their two children. By doing so, his career is pretty well sunk and he'll never come close to making what Kristi does. <br />Is it at least possible that the inequity is not just male vs. female, but that we don't value a person's contribution to family/society as much as corporate servitude? <br />I'm guessing your earning potential is considerably greater than Mark's - if for no other reason than that you can hold down a job. Shari probably makes twice as much as Gene. And if the wage gap is less in Oklahoma than other states, I'm betting it's not because of Oklahoma's unusually progressive culture. The argument just doesn't hold water. <br /><br />Remember when I kicked that birdhouse that had a wasp nest in it? Ducking and covering...Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08547038693764445731noreply@blogger.com