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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

About 50% actually goes to the *cost* of the teacher.  Wages aren't the only
thing teachers get.  Add to the $30,000, vacation, sick leave, medical
insurance, PERS, SS, Medicare, unemployment insurance, Workers Comp, etc.

Lynda
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>
>
> Actually our class size was higher.  I never calculated in real terms
> what fraction of the college's dollar was actually going to me, but
> since I was at the lower end of the pay scale (doing it mostly out of
> love), with the higher class size (they're paid by the body) I suspect
> that only about 25% of the take went to the teacher.