Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL

Virgins are way too much trouble.

Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL

Doesn't make me wonder at all. By the way, He was 33 at the time of his death.

hondo812 Loc: Massachusetts

Get a job....you won't be homeless.

Ok, well maybe not you specifically....

berchman Loc: South Central PA

I've heard of more than one teacher living in their car because of low salary.

hondo812 Loc: Massachusetts

Really? You "heard?

I have a daughter who is a teacher. She has always been able to manage not living in her car. My other daughter who is an ICU nurse also does not live in her car.

berchman Loc: South Central PA

When Ellen Tara James-Penney finishes work, teaching English composition and critical thinking at San Jose State University in Silicon Valley, her husband, Jim, picks her up. They have dinner and drive to a local church, where Jim pitches a tent by the car and sleeps there with one of their rescue dogs. In the car, James-Penney puts the car seats down and sleeps with another dog. She grades papers using a headlamp.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/28/adjunct-professors-homeless-sex-work-academia-poverty

Wuligal Loc: Slippery Rock, Pa.

My son and daughter-in-law are both retired teachers. They retired at 87% of their full salary, pension plans, and full health care for five years. Stir in social security, medicare and a few investments and that "car they are sleeping" in is actually matching Jeep Cherokees with a lake house and boat to go with it.

redlegfrog

Life can suck, anyone is venerable. My parents, grandparents and great grandparents from time to time had to move because they couldn't continue to live where they were.
Perhaps that is a better alternative than living in your car an being a hooker?

Triple G

Look at each state. Teachers in the states which have negative increases on an adjusted basis are not fairing very well.

https://www.businessinsider.com/teacher-salary-in-every-state-2018-4

Triple G

Only in Union states. They typically are not also eligible for SS and Medicare unless they work a separate 10 years in a non-union capacity. IL is one of those states and is going broke trying to keep up with their pension liabilities.

Wuligal Loc: Slippery Rock, Pa.

I know very little about the issue except what I read.

Teachers in the latter states have an easy answer to the question of double-dipping into pension and Social Security. They're simply the same thing, so double-dipping is not possible. ... Those who teach in states with independent pension plans.Jun 22, 2017

When I Retire, Can I Collect My Pension AND Social Security?https://www.weareteachers.com › collect-pension-social-se...
Search for: Can a teacher get retirement benefits and Social Security at the same time?
Why are teachers not eligible for Social Security?
Why teachers aren't covered by Social Security

The retirement and disability benefit reduction is due to a rule called the Windfall Elimination Provision, which is designed to block state and local public employees from collecting a pension alongside Social Security benefits.Jul 29, 2017


What states do teachers not pay into Social Security?
Now teachers in 12 states -- Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, and Texas -- don't have coverage arrangements with Social Security.Oct 7, 2018

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Did they tràde out

dirtpusher Loc: tulsa oklahoma

Is that what you wished you had done

hondo812 Loc: Massachusetts

1) In the meantime there's a shortage of engineers across the country. It's not glitzy and it requires critical thinking. Looks like she picked the wrong field.

2) Also, I hate to say this but if you are reduced to homelessness...why would you have a dog, much less 2 dogs?

3) Does Jim work?

4) San Francisco? Are you kidding me? The highest cost of living in the USA in a state that is bleeding jobs to Texas and that's where you thought you'd "make it". I'm starting to doubt some of her "critical thinking" skills. I read a while back about a company that had literally shuttled their execs in from Texas everyday to SanFran because it was cheaper than living there.

5) I had my Engineering Economics professor who was an adjunct. It's a part time job that you take to "supplement" your income. He also worked full time as an engineer. He did not live in his car.

I am at a point where I just would not take a class from this woman based on her absolutely dismal list of poor choices.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Let me be the first...