Did I really just read that hotel and casino workers should be paid as much as teachers? Perhaps it's attitudes like that that make the educational system here a "joke." In what other city would someone have the nerve to say that workers who have no college education should make as much, or more, as those who do? This may be why it is hard to get the children to understand the value of the education they are receiving. Why go to college and advance your education when you can go to Las Vegas Blvd and make more money than those trying to teach you? Let's keep in mind, at times like this, there are many in this town with no education who will suffer for it; who's going to foot that bill?

As a ten year veteran of the Clark County School District, I have spent my entire career listening to tales, threats, and rumors of my salary being cut. I can live with that. What I can no longer live with is the ignorance of the people who say that we deserve a pay cut because we only work 8 hours and have summers off. In most jobs I had before teaching, I got overtime for working more than 8 hours a day. I also was not required to invest my own money for office supplies. Furthermore, I was not required to go to school and pay for it out of my own pocket, just to keep my license. Since I have started teaching, I have spent ten of thousands of dollars to continue my schooling, all in order to make me better at my job. I have done this on my "vacation" time. I have spent every summer involved in programs for students, and have not been paid for that. I do not get paid for the two hours a day I spend, past my contracted time, tutoring students and grading papers. I also do not get paid for the time I invest on evenings and weekends in support of my students and their activities. I do this without complaint...it's part of the job. But to say that we don't deserve what we make based on the amount of hours we work is absurd, and to say that we should have our pay cut for the same reason, is unjust. Please research your comments before you post them. You make very broad generalizations about a profession you seem to know nothing about.