I believe teachers are underpaid but ...?
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Amen to englishteacher!  The day does not end for us when the children go home - that's when you start the mountain of paperwork and planning that needs to be done to ensure the next day is smooth and productive. \nGood teachers will also very rarely have the full holidays, all teachers I know spend half their holiday in the classroom, organising the next terms work.  In addition, we also have a 24 hour a day, seven day a week "duty of care" to children (not just the children we teach, but all children everywhere, and that includes "vulnerable adults"), meaning we are never "off duty".  Teachers end up being friends with teachers cos it gets to the point when you can't talk about anything else!!  My cousin is constantly being berated by her husband for telling everyone (including taxi drivers and shop assistants) about the kids she teaches.  You just cannot leave the job behind when you (finally!) go home.\nAs for the money, the majority of teachers I know do it cos they love the job and want to help kids maximise their potential in life.  However, if salary is looked at as a reflection of the role you play in the functioning of society, how can we be receiving less than an advertising exec???  I think the issue teachers have with the money is that it is not reflective of the job that we do, compared to the salary received by others.  I'm not money grabbing, I don't aspire to be rich, but I do want society to recognise the importance of the job we do.  I don't "play with kids" all day, I work long and hard to ensure every child I am resposnsible for becomes the greatest person they can be.  If you don't want us to have more money to reflect that, then think of another way you can show us respect.
280759
teachers are fu  ck tards sometimes .. isssuesssssssssss
836265
My husband is no longer in the military, but heck yes they are underpaid.  They make up about 85% of the people who go to those pay-day loan places, pawnshops, etc.. if they were getting paid more, they wouldn't have to borrow extra $$ just to make it till their next check!!
514750
Yes, ...Because Considering The Position That A Teacher In School Holds, They Are Not Suppose To Be There To  Downgrade & Intemidate Students....They Are There For An Example And To Upgrade And Prepare You Students To Be Productive For Society!...So, Yes!...That Teacher Is Not Valuble To The Students And Needs To Be EXPOSED & DISMISSED!!
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Face it, who is getting paid to "teach" the children, Teachers are.  In todays society, people want someone else to blame and since we are getting paid to work with the children, we shoulder the blame.  It is not fair, I agree.  When I see a child for 45 min. a day, approximately 180 days a year, I should not be the fall-guy.  Get real!
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It varies, but generally, no.  The average starting salary for a teacher (public school) is less than $30,000.  This is slightly less than your average secretary.  \n\nPlus, a lot of teacher's salaries are capped (esp. in public schools) so even after 20+ years of service and mastery in their field, they can't earn more than a certain amount.\n\nSome good stat's at US News & World Report...
830406
THe pa isn't great, teachers are starvig artists in need of MONEY
382370
i agree 100%, if teachers got payed the same as those overpaid athletes then we wouldn't have such a drop out rate or our schools wouldn't be in such a tight budget!!!
1175971
Some are paid to much (thats for sure) but then some aren't paid enough ( the ones doing the work)
282057
As far as I know, there are none. Teachers are usually under a set district pay scale if they teach public school, meaning that everyone earns the same amount roughly, give or take a slight pay raise. Most awards for teachers are non-monetary. Private schools also usually frown upon monetary awards.
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Our teachers are underpaid and whiny i would suggest you look elsewhere... if your heart is set on it california needs teachers badly,  but with a masters degree i would imagine u start off at 35k/ year heres some websites.\nhttp://www.teachforamerica.org/flash_movie.html\nhttp://www.risenetwork.org/teachers.html\nhttp://www.teacherssupportnetwork.com/Home.do
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For some yes.  For others, it's a job.   But considering how little we pay them, you'd think there's something else there besides just a job.\n\nNow consider this.  Teachers are human too.  They have good days and bad.  They have favorites (even if they don't say it).  So what you are feeling might be some of that.
529915
I am under paid. I get $11/hour and should be getting much more for all the extra I do at my office. I am not worried about it, I know they are happy with my work and I have a review coming up soon.
129112
Too many dollars are spent on administration.  If you check with the instructors, you will find that they are not the ones that are getting rich.\n\nMost professors teach because they love to teach, not because of the money.  They can make more in the corporate environment.
85009
Teachers in general have horrible pays.
316121
Every state sets its own guidlines for teacher salaries in public high schools. Generally, you are not paid by the hour. The state of California says that beginning teachers should be paid no less than $38,000 per year, but that is a guideline, not a law.
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Hell yeah.\n\nTeachers are like any other subset of workers, a few winners a few losers and a bunch of mediocre ones.\n\nInstead of letting the unions dictate 2 and 3% raises regardless of experience or success in teaching we should institute a merit/demerit point system.  If you collect x merit points you get your 3%, if you collect only y you get half of that.  If you have x demerit points you lose cash.\n\nOr you could have a base pay and have a base bonus paid at the end of grading periods and the demerit points affect how much of the base bonus you get or if you get more than the base.\n\nI can name at least one teacher at my school who should have been let go but she was black and if they got rid of her the NAACP would have exploded.  She couldn't teach a 12 year old to throw a ball in the ocean.