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I generally think you have good discussions but todays attack on teachers was ludicrous. Typically on a well informed NPR program, the person leading the discussion refutes statements that are not based on fact and are simply made out of ignorance. One of the people who stated that teachers have million dollar retirements obviously had no statistics from which to base her facts. She is just stating her opinion. As of late, I haven't noticed too many teachers that don't have two working households, a mortgage to pay, and bills like the rest of us. You let me know when you find those teachers that are making anything close to other working professionals that require the same amount of investment in education, the same amount of pressure from parents and the public because of test scores, the same physical and psychological demands every day plus homework, and I will agree with you. But, I dare to say you won't find such a profession that pays less or equal to a teacher with these same demands.

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