http://www.jeanchatzky.com/budgeting/ask-jean-thursday-doing-the-math-on-a-teachers-budget/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:12 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.jeanchatzky.com/budgeting/ask-jean-thursday-doing-the-math-on-a-teachers-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-338 guianelson11 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:12:53 +0000 http://www.jeanchatzky.com/?p=1983#comment-338 KD has a point but I don't entirely agree with her. My husband is a teacher but during spring and summer breaks, and whenever his schedule permits, he goes to do his other "job" which he loves the most. He is a stand-up comedian with a regular teaching job. His other work/avocation helps us meet our financial obligations, especially now that we are about to purchase a new home. Teaching allows him to contribute to society and earn, and comedy allows him to express his creativity and earn just the same. Doing something else aside from teaching gets teachers out of the routine. Ergo, moonlighting increases cash-flow and relieves the stress from the teaching profession. KD has a point but I don’t entirely agree with her. My husband is a teacher but during spring and summer breaks, and whenever his schedule permits, he goes to do his other “job” which he loves the most. He is a stand-up comedian with a regular teaching job. His other work/avocation helps us meet our financial obligations, especially now that we are about to purchase a new home. Teaching allows him to contribute to society and earn, and comedy allows him to express his creativity and earn just the same. Doing something else aside from teaching gets teachers out of the routine. Ergo, moonlighting increases cash-flow and relieves the stress from the teaching profession.

]]> http://www.jeanchatzky.com/budgeting/ask-jean-thursday-doing-the-math-on-a-teachers-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-306 kd279653 Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:32:57 +0000 http://www.jeanchatzky.com/?p=1983#comment-306 I don't think this article is helpful. I am a teacher in North Carolina. I have a masters degree and over 5 years on my license. My salary is a joke. I work after-school programs, which has helped my finances minimally, and stretched my health and well-being thin! Without extra duties, teachers already are required to spend at least some time voluntarily working after school hours and required to go to after school hour meetings for free. Having an extra job is difficult and personally has made my classroom teaching suffer, because I am stretched thin and stressed. I am saying this as a single person who does not have any credit card debt, does not other excessive debt, who owns a home, and affords my lifestyle, but, can't figure out a way to save. Telling teachers to moonlight and pay themselves is overly simplistic and unrealisted advice!! KD I don’t think this article is helpful. I am a teacher in North Carolina. I have a masters degree and over 5 years on my license. My salary is a joke. I work after-school programs, which has helped my finances minimally, and stretched my health and well-being thin! Without extra duties, teachers already are required to spend at least some time voluntarily working after school hours and required to go to after school hour meetings for free. Having an extra job is difficult and personally has made my classroom teaching suffer, because I am stretched thin and stressed. I am saying this as a single person who does not have any credit card debt, does not other excessive debt, who owns a home, and affords my lifestyle, but, can’t figure out a way to save. Telling teachers to moonlight and pay themselves is overly simplistic and unrealisted advice!! KD

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