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Originally Posted by Bryan G
Yes of course you have to have incentive. You honestly think teachers are not over paid??? Lol. I'm gonna guess either you or someone in your family are teachers. Look at the education of kids these days its a fucking disgrace. "Teachers" are paid close to 6 figures a year and most are absolulty hopeless and bitch and complain. Here in ontario the government just made it illegal for teachers to strike and what are they doing in protest??? Cancelling all sports, after hours activities etc. They say its about the "kids" lmao. Its about them and how they can get more money. Teachers are not most educated people. They have guides on how to run courses and curriculum . They should be happy with what they make and shut the fuck up, like most public unions that are paid by us the tax payers.
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1. No. I don't think teachers, for the most part, are overpaid. Be 100% honest here, what jobs in our society are more important that teachers? A person could argue doctors and health care workers, maybe police and fire and then what? Educating our kids is extremely important to the future of this country.
2. Teacher do not make "close to 6 figures a year."
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here are two good sites that show the average wage of teachers. The first shows that the average wage across the US for teachers is $40-$43K per year. The second show the average per state. There are a few states that get up in the high 60's or low 70's, but most are in the 40's.
3. This is not to say that the system is not fucked up. Yes, there are bad teachers. Yes there are lazy teachers. Yes, there needs to be better ways of getting rid of those people and getting quality people in their places. Also, they need to revise the ways teachers are allowed to teach. Most teachers pretty much have their hands tied. Because of standardized testing they have certain things they need to pound into the kids heads so that they score well on the tests. Those tests leave them very little room to actually teach beyond that.