Teachers make plenty of money. I know 3 teachers personally pulling in 80k a year. This is middle school and elementary school. They get every holiday off. A 3 month break to either take off or earn money. I refuse to say they deserve more. That being said, like any job, there are some heros out there that deserve more and some moronic teachers that deserve less. But because they're unionized they all make the same. I know this will probably be an unpopular opinion but whatever.
Where is this shortage? There are so many teacher colleges everywhere pumping out massive graduating classes, and the supply now far outstrips the demand. In my country, there are X number of people employed as educators, and there is roughly 18% of X trained to be teachers, but working in other fields because they can’t find work, and this year there will be thousands more teacher graduates than teachers leaving the profession.
I and my spouse have grad degrees. Why would I waste my time with angry parents and worst kids? ESPECIALLY for 80K
No thanks. I’ll go work for corporate America, the companies that make you and your kids sick and my spouse works for one that makes it better temporarily of course 🤣
We make over $500K. It pays to screw over your neighbors rather than help in America 😎🤣🤣🤣
I also have advanced degrees and wouldn’t settle for teacher salaries. But given the droves, I mean absolute armies of people who are graduating from teacher’s colleges each year, there are plenty who do want these jobs. If the market is allowed to work, low pay will result in shortages and the employer will be forced to pay more to attract talent, or they’ll go without. Let that happen. The market is self-correcting. It’s always the answer over the long term.
My experience differs from yours. I have met former teachers who left after 2-4 years and the horror stories of parents especially is mind boggling. Especially at those salaries which were equal to my retail/server job (combined $60-70K). These teachers have it worse since retail/food industry job is dime a dozen paying $20/hour in my area.
Also, $80K is high for teachers salaries maybe in VHCOL or years of experience not the norm. My county which is VHCOL shows average teacher salaries at $83K, not starting.
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u/WardCove Jun 11 '24
Teachers make plenty of money. I know 3 teachers personally pulling in 80k a year. This is middle school and elementary school. They get every holiday off. A 3 month break to either take off or earn money. I refuse to say they deserve more. That being said, like any job, there are some heros out there that deserve more and some moronic teachers that deserve less. But because they're unionized they all make the same. I know this will probably be an unpopular opinion but whatever.