Comments on: Whiny White Guys http://www.okobserver.net/2009/07/17/whiny-white-guys/ To comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:38:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: maesz http://www.okobserver.net/2009/07/17/whiny-white-guys/comment-page-1/#comment-250 maesz Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:43:58 +0000 http://www.okobserver.net/?p=1494#comment-250 My maternal grandmother was a teacher in Oklahoma one-room schools from the early part of the 1920's through most of the 1950's. Early in her career she received just a little over $30 per month while her male counterpart was paid almost $50 for the same month. The disparity never changed in her lifetime. It never changed for her daughter (my mother) either up through the early 1980's. The school boards would classify my grandmother as a "teacher" while the male teacher in the next school over with the same number of students was referred to as a "Headmaster" and paid more for the title. For my mother the title "coach" was attached to practically every male teacher whether he ever set foot on a field or a court. Call him a "coach" and he could be paid more. Probably still is. I have a really nasty feeling this sort of thing still goes on in public schools today. My grandmother was not teaching for fun. She was not teaching to "supplement" the family income--she was the family income. Why did she deserve almost 30% less salary because she had tits and no penis? My maternal grandmother was a teacher in Oklahoma one-room schools from the early part of the 1920’s through most of the 1950’s. Early in her career she received just a little over $30 per month while her male counterpart was paid almost $50 for the same month. The disparity never changed in her lifetime. It never changed for her daughter (my mother) either up through the early 1980’s.

The school boards would classify my grandmother as a “teacher” while the male teacher in the next school over with the same number of students was referred to as a “Headmaster” and paid more for the title.

For my mother the title “coach” was attached to practically every male teacher whether he ever set foot on a field or a court. Call him a “coach” and he could be paid more. Probably still is.

I have a really nasty feeling this sort of thing still goes on in public schools today.

My grandmother was not teaching for fun. She was not teaching to “supplement” the family income–she was the family income. Why did she deserve almost 30% less salary because she had tits and no penis?

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