30 Credits In 37 Days!!!

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Heres a question for all you teachers out there in the forum.
I hear that teachers dont get alot of money. Yet, i grew up next to a highschool math teacher as a kid who made close to 100k a year. Granted she was with them already 10 years + in at the time of telling me this.
Now she is retired. None the less, I hear teachers saying they dont make alot.
Is this true ? Was this just a fluke?
What about principals? What does it take now in days to become that status?
And what about a superintendent of schools? I would imagine that is a political thing on who you know to get that position.
Where i live the superintendent is pretty powerful. They have their names plastered on schools they live in mansions and even control some of the government behind the scenes.
I was going to pursue teaching because a BA could get me a job. And I really need a steady career at this point. Plus I love working with kids. But then heard the adverse affects of a degree like no jobs.
I still want my psychology degree and figured maybe down the way going alternate route for teaching but not quite sure.
What is your perspective to this very giving yet unthanked field. :o

It depends on where you live. In most states teachers start out making little. However through a step process, teachers can make make upwards of $130K after about 18 years in certain areas of NY. Add to that a full pension, summers off, and you're looking at a nice life. Of course it takes time.

But to your point, in many areas of the country, teachers are very poorly paid throughout their careers, which is unfortunate.