Who should be paid more??!! The Celebrity or the Teacher?!? And I have always wondered why Athletes get paid more than teachers when teachers have the hardest job...someone explain to me whats going on! Speak on it Thursdays....
I think a teachers worth is waaaayyy underpreciated! And that may not be a word but teachers are the ones that make these people sometimes into doctors, lawyer, celebrities and so and so forth. Yeah, some people get lucky and our famous over night but none the less those who go through things using the academic route would agree with what im saying.
I dont know what it is that allows a celebrity to get 50 mil and a signing bonus but a teachers makes a few measly bucks an hour. Its crazy in my opinion and I just do not understand. Where is the value of the dollar going these days u know! We would pay more to see UF play in Jacksonville than we would to support a local band, teen activist club and all that! But I digress...
What a great topic. As a person who just graduated with his masters in Education, not only is it beyond difficult to find a job because of budget cuts, it is very disheartening to know that the starting salary is so low. The main issue is the fact that most people believe that teachers are glorified babysitters and that anyone can do it. I don't ... Read Morehave a problem with athletes or actors making the kind of money they do, what I have a problem is that society doesn't understand the impact that teachers have on children, families, crime, and monetary stability.
Yea athletes and celebrities are getting millions to play and possibly get hurt. Well, really more athletes but celebrities just take our money and flaunt it around. While teachers educate our youth keep them off the streets and give them options for a better America
Here is an article I just read on ABC news...it was dated for 2006...
Teachers are underpaid. Underpaid makes me ask, under what?
It's true that teachers have an important job instructing children, and many important people say, teachers are underpaid.
Democrats and Republicans applaud that line, but exactly what is "enough?" The average public school teacher makes $45,000 a year. That's $7,000 more than the average wage in America.
Still teachers at union rallies say they're underpaid.
At a 2005 rally, New York City's public advocate Betsy Gotbaum said, "For 20 years, they haven't been paid enough."
But where's the evidence? In a free country when jobs pay too little, people don't apply for them. Yet the opposite is true in many school districts.
This year Boston needed 675 new teachers. They got 2,800 applications -- four for every job. In Los Angeles, it was five for every job. In New York, six. Chicago, 12. Kentucky had 11 applications per job, and Missouri, 19.
Still, we keep hearing that teachers don't make enough money.
Also, remember teachers are paid for just nine months of work. They have the summer off. Some work summer school, others relax.
Some teachers take the time off to relax, go to spas. One teacher I talked to said summers give him time to travel.
"If I'm going to be a good Spanish teacher, wouldn't it behoove me to spend some time in Mexico," he said.
It might, but the summer off means when you calculate teachers' hourly wages, you find teachers make more than chemists, physical therapists, psychologists, registered nurses, aircraft mechanics and firefighters.
Teachers demonstrated outside the "20/20" offices because they were mad at me for criticizing their union. They demanded I point out that many teachers work extra hours for no extra pay. OK. But it's also true that when it comes to teaching, most teachers aren't in it for the money. They just want to help the kids.
"It's about the kids," one teacher said. "I'm not a teacher for money, because I'd be a lawyer if I wanted money. I teach because I love kids."
You people that think teachers are overpaid need a reality check!! If you have kids, try talking to their teachers about how much they're "overpaid"! Most teachers I talked to make maybe $30,000. That may be enough for one person, depending on where you're teaching and various other circumstances, but even in today's economy, that seems to be close to scraping the bottom of the barrel. They may be in it for the love of teaching, but what about the OVERPAID athletes who are in it for the "love of them game," and making astronomical figures. Just today I heard sports commentators debating if someone was "worth" their $97.5 MILLION dollar contract!! So why are teachers overpaid at AVERAGE $45,000??
I kno this is kind of an old topic, but I was listening to this poem and it reminded me of this topic. so here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpog1_NFd2Q
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I think a teachers worth is waaaayyy underpreciated! And that may not be a word but teachers are the ones that make these people sometimes into doctors, lawyer, celebrities and so and so forth. Yeah, some people get lucky and our famous over night but none the less those who go through things using the academic route would agree with what im saying.
ReplyDeleteI dont know what it is that allows a celebrity to get 50 mil and a signing bonus but a teachers makes a few measly bucks an hour. Its crazy in my opinion and I just do not understand. Where is the value of the dollar going these days u know! We would pay more to see UF play in Jacksonville than we would to support a local band, teen activist club and all that! But I digress...
What a great topic. As a person who just graduated with his masters in Education, not only is it beyond difficult to find a job because of budget cuts, it is very disheartening to know that the starting salary is so low. The main issue is the fact that most people believe that teachers are glorified babysitters and that anyone can do it. I don't ... Read Morehave a problem with athletes or actors making the kind of money they do, what I have a problem is that society doesn't understand the impact that teachers have on children, families, crime, and monetary stability.
ReplyDeleteYea athletes and celebrities are getting millions to play and possibly get hurt. Well, really more athletes but celebrities just take our money and flaunt it around. While teachers educate our youth keep them off the streets and give them options for a better America
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ReplyDeleteHere is an article I just read on ABC news...it was dated for 2006...
ReplyDeleteTeachers are underpaid. Underpaid makes me ask, under what?
It's true that teachers have an important job instructing children, and many important people say, teachers are underpaid.
Democrats and Republicans applaud that line, but exactly what is "enough?" The average public school teacher makes $45,000 a year. That's $7,000 more than the average wage in America.
Still teachers at union rallies say they're underpaid.
At a 2005 rally, New York City's public advocate Betsy Gotbaum said, "For 20 years, they haven't been paid enough."
But where's the evidence? In a free country when jobs pay too little, people don't apply for them. Yet the opposite is true in many school districts.
This year Boston needed 675 new teachers. They got 2,800 applications -- four for every job. In Los Angeles, it was five for every job. In New York, six. Chicago, 12. Kentucky had 11 applications per job, and Missouri, 19.
Still, we keep hearing that teachers don't make enough money.
Also, remember teachers are paid for just nine months of work. They have the summer off. Some work summer school, others relax.
Some teachers take the time off to relax, go to spas. One teacher I talked to said summers give him time to travel.
"If I'm going to be a good Spanish teacher, wouldn't it behoove me to spend some time in Mexico," he said.
It might, but the summer off means when you calculate teachers' hourly wages, you find teachers make more than chemists, physical therapists, psychologists, registered nurses, aircraft mechanics and firefighters.
Teachers demonstrated outside the "20/20" offices because they were mad at me for criticizing their union. They demanded I point out that many teachers work extra hours for no extra pay. OK. But it's also true that when it comes to teaching, most teachers aren't in it for the money. They just want to help the kids.
"It's about the kids," one teacher said. "I'm not a teacher for money, because I'd be a lawyer if I wanted money. I teach because I love kids."
That's right.
You people that think teachers are overpaid need a reality check!! If you have kids, try talking to their teachers about how much they're "overpaid"! Most teachers I talked to make maybe $30,000. That may be enough for one person, depending on where you're teaching and various other circumstances, but even in today's economy, that seems to be close to scraping the bottom of the barrel. They may be in it for the love of teaching, but what about the OVERPAID athletes who are in it for the "love of them game," and making astronomical figures. Just today I heard sports commentators debating if someone was "worth" their $97.5 MILLION dollar contract!! So why are teachers overpaid at AVERAGE $45,000??
ReplyDeleteI kno this is kind of an old topic, but I was listening to this poem and it reminded me of this topic. so here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpog1_NFd2Q
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