Depressing

Every so often, I get pangs to move back to Maine. This is usually killed when I find out what the teachers' salaries are in Maine.

A recent e-mail from a HR person in Maine:

Dear Mr. XXXXXXX:

The starting pay for a teacher with a Master's Degree and 3 years
teaching experience would be $35,331 for the 2007-08 school year.

What's most depressing about this is that next year I will be making over 60,000 a year. As much as I love and miss Maine, it just seems like a hard pill to swallow taking a nearly 50% pay cut.