>but in ny they require a master's degree in order to teach
That's every state. AFAIK Most states require you to get a Master's within 5-10 years of beginning to teach or they strip your license. It's pretty dumb desu. 50k/yr for a Master Degree is dogshit.
Ask anyone with an MBA if they'd work for that much.
didn't work on me won't work on my kids
A lot of southern States don't require that actually. And yes 50k/yr for a masters is low pay, op is saying they don't deserve it.
>There's no reason for a teacher to make the same amount of money as an engineer.
I don't know about you, but I actually value my children quite highly.
I figure the person that's going to be taking care of them while I'm at work and teaching them about the world ought to be very good at that job and compensated accordingly.
You don't get any more engineers without good teachers... I'd also like someone who's not a total idiot teaching my kids
But he said he was "fully up for the experience". >Gawd, don't be such a square.
>glorified babysitters are paid on average around $50,000 a year
Not too bad, but if I was told I would have to babysit niggers for 9 months, I wouldn't take any less than $75k
Especially in areas like detroit, it must be the worst job imaginable
Teachers are just babysitters. If you go get a master's degree for that it's your own fault.
>There's no reason for a teacher to make the same amount of money as an engineer.
There's plenty of reason. Like it or not teaching is a necessary function in society. The turnover rate is also extremely high in many school districts. Becoming a teacher requires going into between $20,000-$50,000 debt for intial licensure, and then another $30,000-$60,000 to stay certified. Teachers also so frequently buy their own supplies for students that Federal and State governments give a tax write off for it.
They absolutely deserve a middle class lifestyle at the very least. If you want to babysit and teach your own kids then do it, but don't say that an already struggling demographic deserves even less.
My buds wife makes 45 a year in texico.How did she get shafted so hard.