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Old Aug 8, 2011 | 11:03 pm
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Originally Posted by balima
No, real comparison is to a teacher. Low pay scale, parents expecting that their little rug rat is a genius and should be treated like the second coming. Nobody wants to be in a teacher's lunch room, especially one week before a break or vacation. I would imagine FA are like that too.
The average teacher in US public school systems makes $60k or $70k a year for 180 days' work and is virtually impossible to fire. Even more ironclad deals than FAs. Both are pretty cush situations considering the amount of work and lack of leadership involved.
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