{"id":1246,"date":"2011-01-10T15:29:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T19:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2011-01-10T15:29:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T19:29:33","slug":"paying-to-be-a-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1246","title":{"rendered":"Paying to be a teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"

My wife has been a elementary school teacher for about 10 years now. I’ve listened to her complain about all of the fees she has to pay just to become a teacher and maintain her certification. Now that I am embarking on the same journey I get to be the one to shell out the dough. Today I had to schedule my fingerprinting\/background check with the county office. The fee to do so was $80! Heck, I’m not even a new employee, but rather an intern, and I am still required to pay this. I’m unemployed, folks. That $80 hurt.<\/p>\n

I also had to pay about $130 for my state required general knowledge test (I passed this one quite a while ago). Then there is another $200 for the state required subject area exam (Another one I passed a while ago). And yet another $150 for the state required professional education exam, which I am taking at the end of this month. Finally, there is the $85 Praxis biology test that my college requires, which I am taking this Saturday. And all of this has to be done before I can even start applying for teaching jobs. That’s about $645 I’ve had to fork over so far. What the heck else will I have to pay for? Sheesh!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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