I received this email yesterday from a co-worker and almost didn't open it because I thought it would be some kind of Glenn Beck bullshit; however, I'm glad I read it. Although, it sort of made me feel even more like a babysitter than I already do. I literally said to my class of 40 freshman (10 girls and 30 boys...do you even understand what that means for my sanity??), "I am not your babysitter. Do you see any graham crackers and milk?!" To which one of the boys said, "Wait. You have graham crackers and milk? Where?" fml.
Title: Teachers' Hefty Salaries
Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage. That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan -- that equals 6 1/2 hours). Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.
Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations. LET'S SEE.... That's $585 X 180= $105,300 per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 15 children X 180 days = $140,400 per year. Wait a minute -- there's something wrong here!
There sure is!
The average teacher's salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days =$277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!
WHAT A DEAL!!!!
There should be an increase with teachers' salaries. ~ smartwool ~
ReplyDeleteYikes. I wondered where this article was headed, but I'm there now.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing, many kids spend more waking hours with their teacher than with their parents. Society needs to recognize and reward the importance of that vital interaction.
I laughed out loud when the kid asked where the graham crackers were. That's such a teenage boy thing to say! Oh man, have I been there! :)
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