I love «this letter» in the Rocky Mountain News Letters to the Editor section:

‘Teachers not well-paid
‘Where does Betsy Hart get her information? In her column of Dec. 11, “This year, I’ll be celebrating a low- key Christmas,” she stated, “I really like my kids’ teachers, but they are well-compensated and I’m just not going to add to the 25 gift cards they’ll have trouble using anyway.”
‘I can assure Hart that teachers are not well-compensated and will most likely use those “25 gift cards” to purchase classroom supplies not furnished by the school district. As a retired educator of 34 years, I speak from experience.
‘Get your facts straight, Ms. Hart.
‘Fran Dismukes
‘Aurora’
—Denver Rocky Mountain News

Let’s see, with my master’s degree on Aurora Public Schools’ licensed salary schedule, I would make $38,182. Frankly, I don’t think one could live very comfortably alone in the Denver metro area on that.

Ms. Dismukes is absolutely right. Way to go, Ms. Dismukes!