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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PE teachers are not paid more than physics and calculus teachers. They are on the same scale. The coaching jobs add extra pay because they are just that...extra jobs.[/quote]
Yes, but coaching or not, physics and calculus teachers should make more than PE teachers :)[/quote]

[b]Why exactly should physics and calculus teachers make more than PE teachers[/b]?

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Many, many people possess the skills to teach a PE class.

Quite frankly, if they let the kids have that extra 90-120 minutes of recess each week, they would probably get just as much benefit as they do from PE class.

Very few people possess the skills to teach physics or calculus.

If the purpose of our schools is, first and foremost, to educate our youth in the good old three R's, shouldn't those who teach the most challenging of the core subjects be the ones who are paid the most?[/quote]

I think it would be interesting to see how many people do [b]not[/b] have the skills to teach a PE class. It's not as easy as it apparently looks.  And while some kids might benefit from extra recess, there's a lot they would miss out on without well run PE classes. I know a lot of people around here think physical fitness is not important, but with longer life expectancies, physical fitness may end up being more important to us on a daily basis than calculus! :lol:

And no, I don't think we should pay teachers differently according to their subject area. Pay scales vary with level of education and years of experience, which makes sense.

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