When watching the teachers walk out in North Carolina

Remember one thing:

The average salary for a North Carolina teacher has increased to more than $50,000 a year for the first time. Recently released figures from the state Department of Public Instruction put the average salary for a North Carolina public school teacher at $51,214 this school year.

Actually, remember one more thing:

Workers in North Carolina earn an average salary that ranks toward the bottom half of the nation. The average annual pay in the Tar Heel State was $41,250 in 2011, according to an On Numbers analysis of newly released figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

See that?

Teachers, on average in North Carolina, make about 20% more than the average North Carolinian.

I know, teachers on the news explain that they have to spend their own money for the classes.   I can't account for North Carolina, but here in the Buckeye state, parents have to pay, too.  When I was in school, I was expected to have a tablet of notebook paper and two No. 2 pencils.  That was it.  Any other activities? Free of charge.

Now?  Even when my boys were still in school, we were paying hundreds of dollars for basic supplies and fees.  If they wanted to do extracurricular activities, it could add up to hundreds more.  And we were lucky.  There were other school districts where total expenses for parents could end up in the thousands.

That would be those parents who, on average, make far less than the teachers who are being asked, through taxes, to pay the teachers more.  See the issue?  Like I said here, this is a case where the teachers are not putting it in perspective.  When I hear teachers interviewed on news stories, I can tell they're trying to buttress  their case.  They have to realize  that people know they're doing far, far better than teachers of yesterday, and far, far better than many parents in their school districts today.

Remember what I said about revolutions that never admit they won?  Same with people who always protest for more, even when they are getting more, and more, and more than those who are called on to pay them.