Do you think teachers get paid too little or too much?

Answer 1

The good teachers get paid way to little. Between being babysitter, referee, psychologist, and mediator, on top of that their is violence in the schools.

Answer 2

It is a simple law of proportions. Actors are paid by what they bring into the box office. Good actors in good movies make good money. Athletes get paid to preform at a high level of excellence and to help fill stadium seats. Add that to advertising endorsements for products and a great athlete has a tremendous earning potential. Teachers do not have to be good at all to get paid, they simply have to show up. While I agree 100% about their role, the sad fact is that teaching, law enforcement and firefighting does not attract the best and the brightest. This is not an insult just a fact, students with sharp minds and determination tend to become doctors, lawyers, engineers, CPA's, CEO's, pilots and scientist. That is not to say educators police or firefighters are less Intelligent or motivated. These three lines of work make up the bulk of State, and City budgets and payrolls. Smaller schools, police departments and firehouses can pay more depending on their tax base. Belair Texas can pay much more than the city of Houston, because it is an affluent community with relatively small boundaries.

Answer 3

Much too little. I'm a teacher. Believe me, we don't get paid well at all. And we put out a lot of our own money each year for supplies and incentives (things to help modify bad behavior into better behavior) and such for the classrooms and students.

Answer 4

Way too little for the crap they have to put up with. It's the School Board and Superintendant that get paid too much! They do absolutely nothing towards educating our children, but suck up a lion's share of the funding.

Answer 5

I'm the Mom of a teacher and they don't get paid enough for what
the kids, etc. put them through. Someone broke into his classroom
2 weeks before school starts and trashed it.

Answer 6

some get paid too little...some get the right amount....then there are the teachers that don't even deserve to be paid

Answer 7

In some school systems too little, But in others too much.

Answer 8

Far too little. Consider that they have as much or more education as lawyers. Then compare the pay and the amount of work each has to do.

Answer 9

Too little

Answer 10

Too little