Currents
October 2018
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Choices
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s Florida races toward the
2018 mid-term elections
Currents has some thoughts on
the Governorship race.
The United States is experi-
encing a collective de ja vu event
in that the cultural calendar has
been turned back to 1968.
Currents has written in the
past about swings in the zeitgeist,
most notably the extreme swing
expected after the Supreme
Court decision on marriage
equality. Few people predicted
the swing would produce such a
severe chasm in the cultural
bedrock resulting in open social
warfare.
America’s only two political
parties have long been effective
only in raising money and propa-
gating their positions as corporate
lackeys, have degenerated into
status quo defenders.
For 2018, the choices are
clearly delineated along party
lines, although what “party lines”
means is open to debate as the
parties have split into extreme
camps.
Florida and the country face
choices that will again define the
future for millions of citizens and
either brighten the “shinning city
on a hill” or dim its hope to citi-
zens around the globe. The Left
is moving toward the future
promised by Star Trek and the
Right is pushing toward the
future of movie Interstellar. One
bleak future filled with climate
driven immigration wars and the
other a bright future drive toward
global acceptance of all Earth-
lings, each deserving of access
to planetary resources.
Florida Statistics
One of the main points of pub-
lic division is and remains Pubic
Education.
Florida’s average teacher
salary rates near the national at
$49,199 while the national aver-
age is in the low to mid $50,000-
$56,000 depending upon your
source.
Beginnings
Florida’s average Teacher
Starting
Salary
(Bachelors
degree, teaching certification) is
$37,405, according to the
National Teacher Association or
NEA. They list the national start-
ing salary for other professions:
Teacher: $34,935; Researcher:
$37,541; Management Trainee:
$42,123; Registered Nurse:
$51,341; Public Accountant:
$47,453;
Field
Engineer:
$52,277.
Experienced Professionals
The average salary for High
School Teachers in No income
tax states according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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