Why are teachers and nurses underpaid?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers in FFX County start around $53K. That seems like a fine starting wage for a college grad. Even better considering time off in the summer.

Teachers get the summer off. They work less days a year than other professions. I get 26 days of leave a year pkus holidays. A teacher gets triple.

Your leave is paid though. For 2 months the teachers are not paid. Now, they are free to get a second job during that time to make money.

I don't think teachers are paid enough for what we expect of them though. I taught college before and that was tough enough, with just a couple hours a day and kids that wanted to be there. I can't imagine taking on a classroom of students for 6 hours every day.

Except teachers aren’t always free to get a summer job. I spend my summers taking classes for recertification.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers in FFX County start around $53K. That seems like a fine starting wage for a college grad. Even better considering time off in the summer.

Teachers get the summer off. They work less days a year than other professions. I get 26 days of leave a year pkus holidays. A teacher gets triple.

Your leave is paid though. For 2 months the teachers are not paid. Now, they are free to get a second job during that time to make money.

I don't think teachers are paid enough for what we expect of them though. I taught college before and that was tough enough, with just a couple hours a day and kids that wanted to be there. I can't imagine taking on a classroom of students for 6 hours every day.

Except teachers aren’t always free to get a summer job. I spend my summers taking classes for recertification.

How many employers are willing or even able to hire someone who will only be there for 7 weeks?

[Anonymous]

The teachers and nurses I know are not underpaid at all. The local teachers complaining about their salaries take vacations in Hawaii, France, GB and /or own horses while the nurses do their job without complaining.

[Anonymous]

I don't think they are underpaid. Particularly the nurses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teachers and nurses I know are not underpaid at all. The local teachers complaining about their salaries take vacations in Hawaii, France, GB and /or own horses while the nurses do their job without complaining.

This is absurd. Tell me how I can regularly vacation overseas (or own a horse) when I am only getting paid $80K after 15 years teaching. I have a family to support on that, too.

As for complaining, is it fair that I complain I’m on hour 4 of working today, on Labor Day? Only about 1/3 done for the day, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teachers and nurses I know are not underpaid at all. The local teachers complaining about their salaries take vacations in Hawaii, France, GB and /or own horses while the nurses do their job without complaining.

Umm, I do that because my husband makes $200k.

I didn't become a teacher until after I got married because I would not have been able to support myself living on a 1st year teacher salary with school loans.

[Anonymous]

Teachers are underpaid because historically it was one of the few jobs women could have, so there were plenty willing to do it for peanuts just to have a career.

Teaching is still underpaid because a lot of optimistic young 20-somethings were willing to go into it and get paid peanuts.

Now those two things are changing. Either salaries are going to have to increase, or the picture of education is going to change drastically (hello 100 kids in a room with laptops, headphones, and monitors while 2 teachers and an aide circulate) because there aren't enough people willing to do the job for peanuts anymore.

[Anonymous]

Supply and demand.

[Anonymous]

They’re both historically underpaid because they’re traditionally women’s work.

In some areas, one or both are still underpaid. In others, not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers and nurses I know are not underpaid at all. The local teachers complaining about their salaries take vacations in Hawaii, France, GB and /or own horses while the nurses do their job without complaining.

Umm, I do that because my husband makes $200k.

I didn't become a teacher until after I got married because I would not have been able to support myself living on a 1st year teacher salary with school loans.

Actually, or a 2nd-10th year teacher salary either. I am in year 12 and still don't make what I made my first year out of college with a business degree (though adjusted for days worked I finally hit that mark this year--my $70k salary adjusted for days worked = $89000 if I worked without summer/spring/winter break. I made $85k the day out of college 18 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers in FFX County start around $53K. That seems like a fine starting wage for a college grad. Even better considering time off in the summer.

It is excellent, actually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers in FFX County start around $53K. That seems like a fine starting wage for a college grad. Even better considering time off in the summer.

Teachers get the summer off. They work less days a year than other professions. I get 26 days of leave a year pkus holidays. A teacher gets triple.

Your leave is paid though. For 2 months the teachers are not paid. Now, they are free to get a second job during that time to make money.

I don't think teachers are paid enough for what we expect of them though. I taught college before and that was tough enough, with just a couple hours a day and kids that wanted to be there. I can't imagine taking on a classroom of students for 6 hours every day.

Except teachers aren’t always free to get a summer job. I spend my summers taking classes for recertification.

How many employers are willing or even able to hire someone who will only be there for 7 weeks?

people will school age kids who need childcare 🤦‍♀️

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Supply and demand.

not true because we’re short on teachers

[Anonymous]

The nurses I know are actually very well paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Supply and demand.

not true because we’re short on teachers

The difference is that nurses are paid by private companies that can easily increase rates, while teachers are dependent on the government.