Why Teachers Should Be Paid For Teachers

Most politicians believe teachers are not motivated and part of the problem. In my opinion growing up most of my teachers were motivated however, the lack of funds and over crowding were bigger stumbling blocks to me getting an education. It is no secret that being a teacher will not make you rich but. In Canada and the United States, most teachers with a four-year degree earn about $40K. I believe most teachers enter that profession to help students go on to lead productive lives.

Teachers should be paid more because “They work outside of the classroom” (Snyder). They have to work on lesson plans, grade their assignment, tests, and quizzes (Snyder). In 5 Reasons Why Teachers Need To Get Paid More, it says, “If you take into account the average teacher’s salary and the hours they spend at work, they could probably make more money being an hourly wage employee.” (Snyder). They should be getting paid more because they do not get paid enough with how much they do outside of work to be able to do what they do in the classroom. Teachers work very hard for what they do and to get everything done.

All the time people ask, “Oh, why do you want to be a teacher, they don’t make that much money?” However, teachers make decent pay. On average, a teacher will make $53,000 per year. In the state of Wisconsin and Minnesota, teachers make the average salary and have the

As a young student, I have always aspired to become a teacher. Growing up, what I realized was that teaching is my future. Teaching is all I have focused on for years, slowly preparing myself to become a teacher. It is my passion and it was I believe I am meant to do. The only thing that worried me over all was the amount of money that a beginning teacher gets paid. I worry because of my future family. I worry that I won't be able to support them with a low-paying salary that teachers receive. I do not want to juggle around more than one job because that would bring stress and take away my focus from teaching. Though it is not about the money and I would never do it for the money, I worry that I won't be able to live off a teacher salary. Teacher pay should increase because higher salaries would improve the quality of the candidates applying for teaching positions, retaining teachers will become easier, and overall to improve the quality of teachers so the success of students would improve.

     High school teachers’ average salary varies across the world. The United States is said to be one of the richest countries in the world, yet our teachers are being paid one of the lowest amounts. The Education Intelligence Agency, author of the article “Ohio Teacher Overcomes Union’s Tolerance” published an International Teacher Salary Report ranking the fifty states by “how much the average salary exceeded per capita personal income.” According to the Education Intelligence Agency Ohio’s percentage rate is only fifty- five point one percent. According to the Education Intelligence Agency the lowest state percentage is in South Dakota at twenty- three point six percent and the highest state percentage is

We need to start appreciating how much time and effort our teachers put forward into our education. They don’t have to waist their lives on the students, but they do it anyways. Why do they have to work so hard off of hours and not get paid for it when others get praised for it? Nobody can understand what a teacher goes through unless it is a teacher themselves. Teachers not only deserve a raise they deserve more respect. Now of days people are starting to give less respect to teachers more and more. Teachers will keep doing what they are doing, but not getting the pay they deserve for the hours they put in during and out off work is not right. Give teachers the pay they deserve or we will see a decline of teachers in our

When choosing ones profession there are always two important questions to ask yourself. Is it what you love doing, and is the pay going to be enough to support you. For me the second question has never had much of an impact on my decision, along with most others who are educators or wish to become one. Teaching is not a job that one chooses to be rewarded by the pay. It is a job that is chosen for the rewarding feeling of knowing that it is the most effective, and most enjoyable way one can change the world; therefore, if teachers are noble enough to sacrifice such a huge aspect just to better our future generations, then don’t you think they should be paid what they deserve?

It is a bitter,cold February evening, my wife and I are eating at the local McDonalds. The smell of the hamburgers and french fries surround us. Why are we eating here instead of eating at a real restaurant? I’m broke, and it’s all because I’m paying for kids that aren’t mine to get a good education. I believe I shouldn’t be forced to pay for school funding because I don’t even have a child!! I feel it is unfair because, it doesn't’ benefit me, the money isn’t going to good schools , and schools may be using this money for things that will not continue to help other students as well.

With how much work these teachers are doing why are they getting paid so little? Without the knowledge that teachers give students, everyone would be nowhere. Everyone would be in a whole, so I don’t see the point in giving all that money to one group instead of spacing it out for everyone to have. Would it be great to make almost $11 million a year to play a basketball game? Many professional athletes, certainly think so, but do these athletes deserve all that money? In my mind no, professional athletes are making too much money in a society where salaries and wages must be looked at on the value of one's work. In today's society, one should earn according to the job’s economic importance and their value to society. (bleacher

After school sports might be fun, but it is not helping the students at all. The games themselves might reduce stress levels; but it has been shown that schools tend to spend more on the fields and the bleachers then should actually be spent. A school was almost shut down because of the academic failures, but somehow still had equipment to play games. Therefore, schools should get rid of after school sports because they spend too much money on them, America is lacking academily compared to other countries, and they pay too much attention to the games.

A teacher’s salary has come a very long way in the U.S. from 1980 to now, it went from 15 (elementary) and 16(secondary) thousand a year to 57 and 59 thousand a year as average. That is a pretty decent change in just a little over thirty years. But as the salary went up so has the cost of living, so, in reality, it is not much help. Texas is the state with the most teachers since 2014. Texas has a total of 342,257 and California comes in second while New York comes in third (statista). That is a lot of people, who all happen to be on a state salary schedule in Texas. What this means is that teachers all get paid the starts salary and depending on who has been there longer than others determine who gets a bonus or raise.

One of the most commonly asked questions to a teacher is,“why do you want to be a teacher?”. Some myths about teaching is teachers are heroes, the pay is bad, students are brats, and you cannot just leave your classroom to use the bathroom. These are some of the common myths portrayed on television and in society that is not accurate.Not everything you hear or see on television about teaching is true. There may be times where you want to pull your hair out due to student behavior or wish the wage was higher, but the job is not about that. Teaching is about loving children and wanting to educate them so they can in return help us in the future by being doctors, lawyers, etc... Therefore, teachers get the wrong impression, because they are either looked at as a hero in someone's life or not knowing anything about their job.

Apparently,it doesn't matter how good the teacher is, it matters how long they have been teaching.I think this is very stupid, a teacher can be very good at there job and another teacher sucks at it and the bad teacher would still get paid more if he or she has worked longer than the good teacher.On google it says the average for a teacher is IL makes $61,402 a year.This is obviously not true because it depends on if it's a big city with a big school because in a small town like edinburg is a lot teaching job at a bigger school and get like $50,000-$60,000 in a year.In small towns like Edinburg, teachers may get as less as $25,000 a year when you can get a If you work at a big school, an average employee gets like $27.00 an hour.In smaller schools like edinburg some new teachers will get $12.50 an hour.

Having just completed writing my paper, I was able to see where my strengths and weaknesses are. Having to write a paper on an argument, I struggled trying to come up with what to write about. Making a valid argument in academic writing is different than that of just making an argument. In a person’s academic argument, the writer should not only show his/her own beliefs, but they need to also show there opposing views. While this may seem easy, it can prove to be difficult because as a writer, they are not allowed to attack a person or group, or the essay can become invalid to the readers. Deciding to stick with writing my topics on teachers, I decided to write an essay on how they are underpaid. This topic not only explores why teachers are underpaid, but it also shows how teachers are viewed.

In San Francisco, the average salary for a teacher is approximately $59,000 which would equal to earning about $220,000 a year. The average home in San Francisco is approximately $485,000 (Elsen). This shows that the pay for teachers is so low teachers cannot afford to live in the city of San Francisco. Teachers worldwide have been working harder and longer hours, yet they are still struggling with their pay. Even if the teacher’s job is to teach the current generations that will later on take on the important responsibilities that come along with adulthood, their job is being taking for granted and they are being paid as if their job could be done by anyone with no educational background.