Teachers: No Charity

* Re “Housing Plan for S.F. Teachers to Be Overhauled,” Aug. 7: Speaking as an educator with 10 years’ experience teaching in both private and public schools, I feel that most teachers do not want charity. We would prefer a salary and the respect for our profession that reflect our high level of education and the constant ongoing training that teaching requires. We should be able to buy a house, pay our fair share of taxes and not live on the edge of poverty.

ELAINE C. WHITE

Los Angeles