Why do garbage men make more money than teachers?
599938
That is an excellent question. Teachers are off during the summer, but they are also only paid for nine months of work not twelve as many people think. Don't forget that it is the teacher who teaches the garbage man to read and write so that he is able to obtain the job, it also the teacher that teaches the doctor, laywer and all other professions. Please give credit where credit is due
847923
They still make the backbone of a lot of the society. Yes, americans did do that work, but now they're too lazy to do it, or they don't want clueless teens doing the job. Who the hell will work as janitors, I see mainly hispanic people doing the job, not many others take th job. Why? Because they think they're too good for it and the salary is crap. You want your taxes to lower, well they won't, because the people who will want to work the jobs will want more moeny. You know what that means, money out of your damn pocket.
245553
Well, you do not need any special training to be a garbage man, and they make good money, get good benefits, and that job definitely cannot be outsourced.
684284
Blame the sanitation workers who fought for better wages, benefits, etc. instead of fighting for an education.  Blame the unions, and blame the employers for falling for their diatribe.\n\nAmericans are doing themselves out of jobs.  Don't point a finger at immigrants or the employers.\n\nWhere else can uneducated people who do not fit well within society find work at $20 an hour with health insurance, vacation and paid sick days?
1158070
illegal aliens work harder but white trash are rewarded more
651598
THEREs a  lot  of  reasons.First  of all  the schools  are  not as safe. Look  at all  the  guns. TEACHERS are  not  treated  well.OR Payed  well.  Most  school systems  don't  have  proper funding. So  teacher  take moneys  out  of their  pockets, to buy supplies and things  4 the students.This  is not attractive to  teacher  who  spent  5+  years  in  college.And discipline is down.When  the discipline is down  so  are the scores. DISCIPLINE is part  of  learning.WHO  wants to teach a class they  abuse you?  AND  further  more  no respect  from  above. So  it ATTRACTS  people  who  barely made it through school. Or  people  just looking 4  a  job.JUST  A  JOB.  TEACHING  should  be  a  calling  in  life. I feel  it  no  longer  attracts  the  good educators  any more.
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.
1173001
Some of them make six figures. Check my source for more details =)
766654
they make more money than i do.
704122
Its because they haven’t been exposed to the real (working) world yet. I was sooo phucking pissed when I graduated back 1991. I couldn’t get a job doing crap with shiny new business degree.  I felt like my teachers in high school, college and the whole phucking world had played a mean trick on me. Meantime, my buddies that never went to college had jobs for something like 15 or 20 bucks an hour and I thought they were making sooo  much.
1135401
By some of the answers they skipped school can't read nor understand. Facts as you state the Richer pay a higher percentage, the poor pay none in fact they get a rebate not their money the richer give them for not earning enough the liberal way its the money us tax payers pay and I work for it they don't,  most. The ones that try I don't mind helping but not forever. You are not my dependent
534826
There is no amouint of money that can sufficiently pay those who mold the thinking and lives of the future ... think about it ... teachers show the way to those who become the future parents, doctors, police, judges, scientists, world leaders, etc.\n\nAnyone out there who doesn't understand the value of the work of a teacher after reading the previous posts, please go to the site I've attached and read "Three Letters from Teddy".  They say it all!
200446
Everyday. No one functions well in a nasty environment and no environment is continuously trashed more than one that contains kids! Our school "secretly" collects monetary donations from our students on each grade level (mostly change) to give to our janitors at at the end of the year as a way of saying "Thank You!" When all grade level money is pooled together it is a welcome monetary bonus for those that are on the lowest school pay scale, but make a very important contribution to the educational environment.
705170
Teachers have been getting paid too much on the "high end" of seniority for quite a while now. Starting Teachers are making anywhere from 27-34K plus full benefits, not cheap ones either, for working just over 1/2 of a year. Many Teachers also work second jobs, not so much for the need to earn more money than the want, and are mostly in Professional type jobs making top wages there also. There are actual College Professors, I am sure not too many though, that make less than School District Teachers. The Teachers, through their Union Representatives, have informed the School Districts that within a certain amount of years they want to be making almost double the salary that they are now and do not want to pay towards their health coverage. Teachers are already , in many areas, getting "extra pay" for Parent / Teacher meetings which had always been a part of their regular job description. Where else can a person work 1/2 of a year, get vacation and sick time, an excellent pension, repayment and then raises for taking required College courses to keep up to date or to advance in thier careers, full and complete healthcare benefits with zero copays and zero contributions, practically guaranteed raises every year...one way or another, and don't have to work that hard usually? I won't even mention what some of the Teachers do instead of Teaching their students many times. So, are Teachers underpaid? Not at all. You cannot compare State to State or even different areas of the same State because of so many differences in demographics and wage disparagy, and to anyone who turns in another Professional career to make less and work harder as a Teacher, I have no sorrow for them as it was their choice, they can choose to return to their old job if they want! Must be some reason why they don't! Taxpayers do not have a quarter of the benefits nor half of the pay as Teachers in most cases, and surely do not get 1/2 a year off either. Many places do not have sick days anymore and certainly do not offer many vacation days. Health insurance in the real world usually costs the employee $60.00 or more per week just for themselves and doesn't cover much, and to insure a family would cost one worker in the family their entire pay each week at least if not more, to have insurance that doesn't cover everything! Teachers make plenty, don't fall for their crying.
161340
Teachers dont get paid like the educated professionals that they are.  They put in a lot of overtime hours and they dont see a cent of that.  The more overtime they put in, the less they are getting paid.  Teachers also buy a lot of materials out of pocket.  Take the time one day and look inside a classroom.  The borders on the bulletin boards, half the books in the class library, markers, erasers, pencils, stickers, prizes, even some of the furniture was purchased by the teacher and NOT provided by the school.  Been there, done that...but still can't imagine myself doing anything else.
207140
cause they can make money
544405
Yes, they definitely get paid too much.  There are other professions that deserve more, while sports deserve less.  The military definitely warrants better pay, because they fight for our freedom to enjoy those spectator sports.  Teachers deserve more because without them, society would lack the knowledge necessary to thrive.  Professional athletes are able to demand those high salaries because people allow them to.  If they weren't supported, they wouldn't make the money.