nicework-bonedaddy:coke-and-candy: This seems fair to me, because don’t forget they also provi
nicework-bonedaddy:coke-and-candy: This seems fair to me, because don’t forget they also provide counseling, after-school activities, social services, and they go to additional teaching courses and seminars to update their techniques and learn how to deal with students with special needs… So yeah, teachers need to be paid more and before someone shouts “Hey! I know teachers who make $80-100k per year!” Ask yourself this… how long have they been teaching? Do they have a masters degree, are they part of a teacher’s union, do they teach in an affluent area of the district or in a private school? People need to stop thinking about the average teacher’s salary being 45k per year, it’s not. Look at the mode of the salaries in your area and it will tell a different story. The administrators are the ones making 100k per year, but new and substitute teachers are making barely 35k a year and that is before you deduct how much they spend to properly supply their classrooms. The U.S education system is bullshit because of the way we treat our teachers. They are some of the most important people in society and they need our support and a decent wage. My high school sociology teacher told us that she only made about $28k per year after taxes. -- source link