Grand Rapids teachers say paycheck cuts qualify them for food stamps

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6. I left teaching

after spending 13 years in a high school classroom, partially because without my Army Reserve check, my family and I would have qualified for assistance, and my kids would have been eligible for reduced lunches and fees in the same school system I taught in. I was the paid worker in my family, but my wife was the stay home mom who worked harder than I did for no pay...but our kids had a parent home with them all day, after school etc...The Army offered me the chance to come back on active duty and my pay more than doubled overnight. That included my Army Reserve check and my school check combined. Now that I am nearing retirement from Uncle Sam I can't wait to get back into a high school classroom, but I know my teaching salary will be much smaller than what I receive now in the Army. But I will have in addition to a teacher's salary, an Army retirement check so I think it will all work out. I just can't wait to get back into a classroom again. I've been away too long.