Teachers are underpaid?
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Anonymous
A reduced one! And, in case you hadn't noticed, we are not in a Cold War anymore. |
Anonymous
| Most teachers are morons. Some are fine. |
Anonymous
| Also, you do know that many military personnel frequently work far, far more than most civilians. More often than you realize. |
Anonymous
It is a percentage of your basic pay (unless you have 40 or more years in service). It isn't as if they reduce your pay BECAUSE you never served in a warzone. |
Anonymous
Ah, right and teachers don't. Gotcha. |
Anonymous
No, they don't. I'm a teacher, married to a teacher. We don't work harder than other working adults. We just don't. |
Anonymous
Just what are you basing this on? |
Anonymous
Some do, some don't. I've been teaching for 15 years and I don't work much more than school hours. Occasionally I take grading home on the weekends. Other teachers I know work many hours on weekends and at night. |
Anonymous
| I previously was a teacher. I did work nearly every evening. I was at school 2 hours before it began and at school an hour after it ended. I did all I could to enrich each of my students. It was a tremendous amount of work. This was FIRST grade. For those that aren't putting in extra hours, P.S. IT SHOWS. You are described as "average" behind your back or "eh" or fill in whatever defines mediocre. If you are not doing work at home and on the weekends, you are doing the bare minimum... |
Anonymous
| Washington is not the norm. I taught on a military post for several years. Dads worked far more than 8 hours a day and pretty much at least six days a week. YOu have no clue. |
Anonymous
I did that, too--although I stayed later rather than go in two hours ahead of time. I went in on weekends frequently. However, after teaching on a military post, I realized that the soldiers work longer. |
Anonymous
| I also had a husband who worked at the Pentagon for a few years. He was in one of those jobs that sometimes was seven days per week. His boss made them use their leave: going to work in civilian clothes was "leave". |
Anonymous
| Yes, they are underpaid. They earn about 60% the average pay of other full time college-educated workers. |
Anonymous
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Yes, I do feel that teachers are underpaid. I don't think people realize the number of hours that good teachers put in every day -- before school, after school, and in the evenings. Their days are non-stop. If we expect bright, motivated people to become teachers, we need to make sure they will earn a decent, livable wage which allows them to reside in the county in which they teach. And don't get me started on how much they I think they should receive for having to put up with the students and parents that they do!
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Anonymous
Not when you factor in time off. Less--maybe, but not that much less. |