I said as much in my post, that I was not speaking for every teacher...I know that education has its bad apples just like everything else.
The fact of the matter is, teachers can and do get fired every day across America. DO they have union support, absolutely, just as I do and I trust alot of people here do. Tenure does not mean it is impossible to be fired, but it does assure that the good ones are not sent packing just to bring in others at a lesser salary. There are other factors involved that will keep a teacher on when their will to inspire children is gone..but I will not get into that here.
Teachers make a base pay that increases according to seniority and through there own initiatives and further education(at their own costs for the most part) can increase their salaries even more. I do not see anything wrong with that.
OP I think we are on the same page, and I just wanted to make sure that you were speaking from knowledge and not hearsay. If I offended you with my questions that was not my intent. Enough said as well...