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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They aren’t just paying me for busy work.  They are also paying me to be available to solve problems that come up.  To have access to my expertise.  [/quote]

Perhaps you should be paid only for when your expertise is actually used.

This thread frustrates me because it’s showing how severely imbalanced careers are. I’m a teacher who is highly skilled and highly credentialed. My employer needs my skills 55-60 hours a week, sometimes more. I solve problems that come up 15-20 times a day. And my work is extremely important.

This imbalance is driving so many people out of teaching. Why should I work so hard for so little when I can get a job sitting around for more pay? (Perhaps I’m overqualified?)[/quote]

So get another job then. Bottom line - the market doesn’t need to pay teachers a lot because actually quite a lot of people are capable and willing to do it. Because it’s actually not that bad - summers off is HUGE and no, you’re not actually working all summer - so get over yourself. [/quote]

… written by a person who knows nothing about teaching. No, plenty of people AREN’T capable and willing to do it. That’s why we are experiencing a major shortage. And no, it IS “actually that bad.” Unlike the many people posting about their easy jobs that pay tons of $$, teachers work without breaks in stressful, unsustainable conditions. Many people can’t last, demonstrating how hard the job actually is. And I didn’t even mention summer, so what was up with that weird comment?

And I’m happy to “get over myself” and quit like everybody else. Question is, what happens then? [/quote]

Then quit. We live in a market economy (capitalism functions on supply and demand).  When there are no teachers then they pay will go up.  You just have to sacrifice one generation of public school kids to do it.  Wealthy private schools will pay just slightly above the publics at every step in that journey, so they will be slightly better off.[/quote]

Wealthy privates pay less than public schools + no pension. It’s a job for people with a well-to-do spouse. [/quote]

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