Why are we constantly told teachers aren’t paid enough?

smoothbrain is best brain

I'll answer your question directly instead of insulting you, I'm sorry that I was rude. If we got rid of our worst 25% teachers, increased the class sizes of what remains, then teachers would be paid more. The reason engineers make more is because they're responsible for their underperformance. When someone can simply clock in and clock out, the value of their labor is cut.

They work half the year

Teachers are glorified babysitters.

when people say teachers are not being paid enough you have to realize its lefties saying teachers need more resources to propagate leftist propaganda

>They work half the year
FUCKING THIS. Half days, snow days, 2 week Christmas break, 1 week spring break, and if course SUMMER. On top of that they make 50k+ for what is essentially a part time job? Cry me a fucking river.

Its a stale meme that was once kinda true decades ago but is now just a scare tactic used by teachers unions in state election to get more gibs. Teachers get paid far more than they are worth nowadays. Especially considering the quality of education most public schools offer

Timothy 2:12

>I'm not sure you understand any of this.

I understand it completely. You want to decrease teacher pay because you believe they should earn less than scientists.

>dude just like make more money like appear
Quite literally what's happening now in the economy.

>If we got rid of our worst 25% teachers, increased the class sizes of what remains, then teachers would be paid more

That's not at all what would happen. Do you even understand how schools systems are funded? Teachers don't get paid more unless you raise property taxes in your city/county. If you got rid of 25% of the teachers then you just end up making the other 75% worse because they now have the added stress of increased class sizes. Teaching a smaller class is always more effective than a teaching a larger. That is why so many universities emphasize professor-to-student ratio.

Teachers are also not evenly distributed across disciplines. There is a SEVERE shortage of STEM, special ed, and foreign language teachers because working for private industry in those fields pays more than being a teacher. Your whole argument just shows a lack of not only compassion, but also a complete lack of understanding about how the teaching profession actually works.

Edfag here.
Close enough. It bs+something like 2 years even in the least restrictive states for full time. Less is only for an emergency credential.

Unfortunately teacher ed is half ass at that.

We have a bunch of chapo raiders visiting, and they’re clearly slow on the uptake.

I’m trying to think of worse masters degree jobs. I know someone who moved from Detroit public schools to teaching in the prison system, and calls it an upgrade.