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Nationwide, teachers make an average yearly salary of $59,850, according to data from the 2016-2017 academic year. But it appears that a teacher’s salary is not enough because many educators are using sugar daddy websites to find a wealthy individual to help them pay the bills. How else can a teacher afford those chapter books, construction paper and hand sanitizer?
The Seeking Arrangement website is where “sugar babies enjoy a life of luxury by being pampered with fine dinners, exotic trips and allowances” and in exchange, “sugar daddies or mommas find beautiful members to accompany them at all times.”
The “dating” site attempts to pair the 8 million sugar babies with the 2 million sugar daddies and mamas from 139 countries.
Of the sugar babies in the United States, there are more than 10,000 teachers who are looking for someone to pay for their “company.” On the plus side, this is an improvement from the teachers who were looking at the student body for intimate relationships.
“Sugar babies who want to live their lives and better their careers can’t, especially when they are working multiple jobs,” said the site’s CEO, Brandon Wade. “Having a mentor or partner who exceeds what they already bring to the table can allow them to focus on their goals and achieve the lifestyle they strive for.” This sure as hell beats teaching ignorant kids during summer school.
The top spot for teachers supplementing their teaching salary by making friends is California where 1,672 teachers are looking for a wealthy supporter according to the self-proclaimed largest sugar daddy site in the world.
New York had the second-most teachers looking for sugar daddies with 1,489 users on the site, followed by 1,302 from Texas and 999 from Florida where the average teacher makes $48,168 a year compared to $79,588 for New York teachers, the highest in the nation.
If these hardworking teachers were smart, they’d get a teaching job at a hoity-toity private school and then hook up with a rich person at parent-teacher night. Take out the middle-man.
[NYP]