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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why can't teachers get paid like Google Software Engineer?[/quote]

are they going to work the hours of google software engineers? are they going to go through the rigid hiring processes and get the education of google software engineers?[/quote]

I’m fairly confident I work similar hours. I worked 65 last week and will likely work more this week since papers just came in. I definitely have the education (2 advanced degrees).

Here’s the problem with your 3rd point: we can’t fill positions NOW. Our standards for entering this profession are pretty low, and we still can’t find people who want to teach. I suppose we can make an argument that raising standards will attract people because they’ll see teaching as a prestigious career. What comes first, though? How do we raise the bar for entering the profession without first making it more appealing? [/quote]

I am going to side eye your hours a week 52 weeks a year. [/quote]

Side eyeball you want. The only time I work less than 55 hours a week (minimum) is during the summer. I am between contracts for 7 weeks, not the 3 months people usually like to attribute to teacher summers. I may work 10-20 (unpaid) hours each week, just updating material and attending trainings. This is pretty standard for many in the profession. [/quote]

I don’t even work 55 hours a week and I am VP at a big company making great money. You either need to find a new job or work smarter.[/quote]

Oh, shut up.  There is no “work smarter” in teaching that would allow you to do a decent job and work less than 50 hours a week.  I taught for 10 years and moved to a software company in the private sector, where I stayed for 10 years.  The workload and stress levels and demands in all of us, including our executives, was much lower than I had had as a HS English teacher and much lower than I have as an elementary teacher now.  You have no idea.  I do.[/quote]

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