Teachers in the US make enough money
They work like 60% of the year and get paid 60% of people with a similar level of education in a different field. Sorry you chose a job where you get a 2.5 month summer break + other vacations + pension. Cry me a river.
Think about back when you were in college and met someone who wanted to become a teacher. What would your reaction be to find out they make the same salary as you today as a teacher?
It’s apparent you don’t understand anything that goes into teaching.
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If you’re right that teachers make so much, then there shouldn’t be a shortage of teachers (basic supply demand). You have no idea what being a teacher entails. You sound like you’re a prick trying really hard to be a prick in public
There isn’t a shortage. It’s just that the people who have the skills to teach are more in demand in industry. If people could pay more to have better teachers, then there would be more teachers. Another consequence of public services.
@sJyN40 that's such a boneheaded final sentence. The reason there isn't incentive for paying teachers more has absolutely nothing to do with public services. It has to do with the short-range incentive structure of corporate capitalism. Very very few companies expect to be able to reliably reap the effects of funding general education (the word reliably is doing all the heavy lifting here), and so education is left to the only actor which definitely will reap such effects, i.e. the state.
I bet you think you're so much better than them
And Google SWE works about 50% of the year for 200% pay😂
More like 3X to 5X+ the pay
Most teachers have to take continuing education courses to keep their certification in the summer. Teachers also need to spend their own money to buy chalk, books, pencils…did you know this? One lady interviewed said she spend $2k one year.
Do they have to always or was she in shitty school? Do other schools as well don’t just buy this as inventory? This doesn’t pass smell test.
Situation and district dependent, but it frequently happens as it's more convenient and makes for a more efficient/effective classroom experience. That being said, it happens to some degree with a corporate job too - I've bought items for work out of pocket that I wouldn't be approved for or for speed/reduced hassle in order to improve my productivity.
Troll post, try harder
Maybe but you don’t need to be an _
Meanwhile there's a dramatic shortage of teachers and no easy road to closing the gap. Their pay is going to skyrocket just on supply and demand, regardless of your opinion about the fairness of it
Yes but thats only if america values run of the mill public school education. Which they dont. Teachers at schools like exeter choate harker and the like are still paid more than their fair share. The benefit of these schools isnt their teaching quality, far from it. Its that these schools have an informal pipline to every top college Note that even in asia (and america) the money doesnt come from being a school teacher. It comes from being effectively a legal rick singer who can help facilitate the ugly parts of gaming the college admissions process.