I have no problem with good salaries for teachers, but I remember getting in an argument with one who said she only makes $50,000 a year, and there were managers in corporations making $75,000 a year. I asked her how many days she worked a year as opposed to the manager. When she realized where I was going with this, she snotted that she had the more important job. Really? Because if I performed at my job the way many California public school teachers performed at theirs, I’d be fired.
And yet there are really good teachers, who have a real dedication to what they’re doing and want their students to succeed - unfortunately, they get lumped in with the rest of the non-achievers.
Me neither, I favor MERIT PAY, the unions are totally against it.
I don't need to tell people that my job is important. It's just assumed. :-)
Yea I love the ‘more important job’ meme that gets tossed around...
For the last time its not the importance of the Job that determines the pay were that the case Janitors would be the highest paid people on the planet. You are paid based on how many people can do your job!