I retired from the state of Louisiana (TRSL) with twenty years of teaching in May of 2005 at the age of forty-six. I receive a life long pension of $1,404.00 and if I should die it would go to my wife until she dies. I also receive retiree health insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana with covers me and my spouse. My school district (CPSB) pays 75% of the premium for the rest of my/spouse life and I pay $299.50 per month. I am now employed with the School District of Lee County (7.6 years service so far) and I plan to work for a total of another twenty years. In 2025, I will have another $1,555. per month through FRS, $1,344 with DROP and $1,494 with Social Security. I will be 66 1/2 years of age in 6/30/2025. My point of this is that our profession doesn't pay us enough to live when we begin our career as a teacher. I started at $16,000 a year. I had to work at least three jobs for my first twenty years. But if you love teaching as i do and stick with it, you can do really well at the end if you make some smart decisions and be creative with your personal abilities to create extra income. I have been teaching private guitar, piano, and voice after school for excellent extra income (I am a music teacher) and I perform as an entertainer part time. Having these abilities have helped continue in the career I love and enjoy so much.
I retired from the state of Louisiana (TRSL) with twenty years of teaching in May of 2005 at the age of forty-six. I receive a life long pension of $1,404.00 and if I should die it would go to my wife until she dies. I also receive retiree health insurance with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana with covers me and my spouse. My school district (CPSB) pays 75% of the premium for the rest of my/spouse life and I pay $299.50 per month. I am now employed with the School District of Lee County (7.6 years service so far) and I plan to work for a total of another twenty years. In 2025, I will have another $1,555. per month through FRS, $1,344 with DROP and $1,494 with Social Security. I will be 66 1/2 years of age in 6/30/2025. My point of this is that our profession doesn't pay us enough to live when we begin our career as a teacher. I started at $16,000 a year. I had to work at least three jobs for my first twenty years. But if you love teaching as i do and stick with it, you can do really well at the end if you make some smart decisions and be creative with your personal abilities to create extra income. I have been teaching private guitar, piano, and voice after school for excellent extra income (I am a music teacher) and I perform as an entertainer part time. Having these abilities have helped continue in the career I love and enjoy so much.
By Haris Khan (Mba Finance) FHJM (First Hajveri Modaraba) is merged with FFLM (First Fidility Leasing Modaraba) * PVCL (Pakistan Venture Capital) is changed to DCM (Dawood Capital Management) * SADIC (Sadic Cement) is changed to DHCL (Dewan Hattar Cement) * PKCL (Pakland Cement) is changed to DCL (Dewan Cement) * ESSA (Essa Cement) is changed to AACIL (Al-Abbas Cement) * CHKC (Chakwal Cement) is changed to PCCL (Pakistan Cement) * AKDS (AKD Securities) is changed to AKDCL (AKD Capital Limited) * TRSL (Trust Leasing Corp.) is changed to TLIBL (Trust Leasing and Investment Bank Ltd.) * AVENT (Aventis Ltd.) is changed to SAPL (Sanofi-Aventis Ltd.) * TRIP ( Tri Star Power ) is changed to TSPL (Tri Star Power) * WCCL (World Call Communication), WCBL (World Call Broad Band), WCML (World Call Multi media) were merged into WTL (World Call Telecom Ltd) * ACF (Abamco Capital Fund), AGF (Abamco Growth Fund), ASMF (Abamco Stock Market Fund) were merged into UTPGF (UTP-Growth Fund) * MATJ (Modaraba Al-Tijarah) is merged with MODAM (Modaraba Al-Mali) * ATLSB (Atlas Investment Bank) is merged with Atlas Bank Ltd. * METBK (Metropolitan Bank) is changed to HMB ( Habib Metro Bank) * FHJM (First Hajveri Modaraba) is merged with FFLM (First Fidility Leasing Modaraba)