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 - babysit! We can get that
for 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 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year. Wait a
minute -- there's something wrong here!
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!!!! Make a teacher smile; re-post this to show appreciation for all educators. (:
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!!!! Make a teacher smile; re-post this to show appreciation for all educators. (:
I have to admit--- Once all the numbers and math figures came into play I immediately skipped to the bottom. Also, I'd love to know where teachers get paid 50k! Oh wait, where they are actually required to have a master's degree. lol I love how people point the finger at our teachers rather than looking at the fact that our state requires teachers to score all teachers around the same test--- while other states use the test as a guide, we use it to measure the true abilities of our children? Well, WE (teachers) don't but our wonderful elected officials do--- I'd love for the local officials to sit through some classrooms, ESPECIALLY ESOL and ESE classrooms. I would jump on that petitioned request sent to our elected officials here in Florida!
ReplyDeleteWorking for the state is extremely political-- as a future employee of the state, I wish people would get educated before they vote (and attend local/state meetings!)
:)
Kris