teachers, should they have higher pay? Options

[*krnxswat*]

I think they should get like raises (maybe they already do?) for teaching good, so that they are determined to teach the students. If they already know that they will make a certain amount no matter what, whats the point in even trying? It's kind of like communism. i think?

What if the students are just plain stupid? Just because the teachers are determined to teach the students doesn't necessarily mean the students will get "smarter." If they don't try, they'll eventually get fired.

[*NatiMarie*]

Oh well, it's not the teachers fault. It's the student's fault. Teachers are just doing their job. I mean, some students don't give a hoot about school, but does that just because they don't do well, teachers don't deserve the good pay that they deserve?

[kantoaznboi]

teachers just dont work the 9-4, but they have other stuff that they have to take home and work on for hours. their job doesnt end rite when school ends

as 4 the the ppl who say that their teachers have nice cars and stuff, not all teachers everywhere are as well paid as other schools. you have to be a school in a good area if your teachers has nice cars. also like someone said, u have to factor in thier spouses income. their spouse might be the reason y they have nice cars.

i dont have as much of a problem wit actors or singers having so much money, cause they put in their time 4 it, and they're getting wat they worked 4. its mostly about athletes getting payed these rediculous amounts 2 play a sport. I'm not against sports or anything cause i'm in sports, but its just so rediculous that they get so much for playing. how can they improve our society? they really dont, they jsut entertain. As for teachers, they teach us the very basic things of life. Most of the good teachers dont teach u just from the book, but about life and broaden your horizon, getting you to think outside of the box. teachers are the very basis for much of our society and yet they dont get the respect that they do.

and if the child is mentally challenged, then the special ed teacher should be taking care of that student, not the other teachers. Education is a 2 way street. it requires both the students willing to learn and the ability of the teacher the get the student interested.

wat i dotn get it, y students in a good skoo dont take advantage of their education. i mean, many ppl would kill to be in the position that you are in, yet u squader your education, jsut cause u dont want 2 learn.

like i said b4, without teachers, where would the high paying jobs be?

[WildGriffin]

Teachers should get paid more -and- singers should be paid less. Why are they being paid more than teachers?

They make more money for other people as well. They can be captialized on to the point were giving them a couple million is chump change compared to whoever is parading them around. (record labels and movie buisnesses)

wat i dotn get it, y students in a good skoo dont take advantage of their education. i mean, many ppl would kill to be in the position that you are in, yet u squader your education, jsut cause u dont want 2 learn.

Cause not everyone has lived their manadatory 3 years in a 3rd world country and completed their "now you lived in a sh!t whole for a little while, learn to appriciate your life you dumbsh!t" training.

[kantoaznboi]

Cause not everyone has lived their manadatory 3 years in a 3rd world country and completed their "now you lived in a sh!t whole for a little while, learn to appriciate your life you dumbsh!t" training.

haha 2 bad we dont have that. lol

[angel-roh]

well i guess so... i agree with u. but still that means college fee have to go up...and i dont like that. 10,000??!?!?!?!! man..... thats too much.

[bird_of_prey]

teachers should totally get paid more! they work so hard (well, some of them)

[Got Shibby?]

Some teachers really don't deserve higher pay. I.E, my science teacher. He gives out worksheets 24/7, tells us to find the answers in the textbook. Then we get to watch Bill Nye the Science G, or one of those nifty Magic Schoolbus episodes. Come on, he's lucky he even gets pay.

Other teachers, however, do deserve more pay, but then again, teacher salary has always been pretty low. If they wanted to roll in more bucks, they should've re-thought their carreers.

[LatinaLady]

they should get paid more. they eduate us. we need teachers to help us if not there wont be no doctors or lawyers and such

[maztaodizasta]

i agree teachers should have higher pay since there the once whoteahc us the things that we apply to our lfes

[SupraS15]

College professors can make $80k-$100k+ ... =) Pay isn't that bad... haha. I used to wanna be a teacher... I still do kinda... Teachers are bad @$$. haha I would be one of the cool ones. And teachers aren't as badly paid as some peeps mite think...

[angel-roh]

N0T MANY TEACHERS D0NT TEACH WELL, BUT STILL GET PAID.. I THINK THATS GAY... S0ME TEACHERS AND PARENTS THINK THIS 0NE TEACHER IS A G00D TEACHER, BUT N0T REALLY...BUT NEWAIS D0ES THAT MEAN WE HAVE T0 PAY M0RE...WELL HEY IM N0T DUMB...ND` N0T MY FAULT THAT THE TEACHERS ARE TEACHING ME WELL...THERE ARE TEACHERS THAT I USED TO BE IN WH0 DIDNT TEACH THAT WELL... GIVE US S0 MANY H0MEW0RKS...GIVE US STRESS MAKE US ST0P D0ING IT...IS THAT 0UR FAULT??? N0....THE TEACHER IS JUS GIVING THE STUDENTS WAY T00 MUCH STRESS.... 0K I THINK I D0NT MAKE SENSE RIGHT N0W... WELL I THINK THE TEACHERS SH0ULD GET WAT THEY GET...I D0NT THINK THEY SH0ULD GET M0RE M0NEY CUS THEY D0 A L0T 0F W0RK... I D0NT THINK THAT SH0ULD HAPPENED.
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[darkcoldplace]

What if the students are just plain stupid? Just because the teachers are determined to teach the students doesn't necessarily mean the students will get "smarter." If they don't try, they'll eventually get fired.

true i see what ya mean seon ho good point, are you one of those stupid kids? ...

[T00000]

they should if they're good teachers

[onenonly101]

Heh. My core teacher used to work at AT&T.

Well, they shouldnt really because they are above minumum wage. Last time I checked, one of my teachers has a Mercedes.

you don't know what they do on the side. I alot of teachers have other jobs, shoot one teacher at my school is a stock broker. Also their husbands might have good jobs.

They should get paid more. Many people want to focus on well their are some bad teachers. there are people in a lot of professions that are bad at what they do but that doesn't mean you overlook the good ones and always want to focus on the bad ones. teachers should get paid more because if it weren't for teachers we wouldn't have the government we have now. All government officala went to school they all had someone to teach them.

If they wanted to roll in more bucks, they should've re-thought their carreers.

So we all could be uneducated?

[BeyondElite]

I think teachers should have higher pays, because they teache children on their life, they wake up early like when they are child, they wake up early because of school, and now they are teaching us, which make them early, again to wake.....

[rabidsquirrels99]

Teachers should definitely get higher pay. No matter what you think about them, they're one of the biggest determining factors of how our generation is going to turn out. I know I've gotten a few amazing teachers that have completely changed the way I look at the world and have made a huge difference in my life.

Usually, but not always; a teacher is a teacher because they couldn't make it in whatever field they're teaching. Take for example, my programming teacher and physics teacher. Both could have taken more promising careers with higher pay, but both most likely couldn't cut it. In reality, alot of people can teach the same course once a year; the demand just isn't high enough for increased pay.

Actually, that's not usually true. My mom is a spanish teacher, but she got into law school. She got the best grades in her class, but she didn't enjoy it. She teaches because she wants to make a difference in people's lives, and teaching is one of the best ways to do that. I don't think it's fair for you to decide how valued jobs are.. it seems like you think teaching is for people who are stupid. Did you ever consider that maybe they just didn't have enough money growing up to get into great colleges?

NO WAY>..teachers get paid plenty...they have good work hours, easy job, THE WHOLE SUMMER OFF!!! and while theyre sitting at home doing w/e theyre still getting paid in the summer..

I'm sorry, but that's totally false. They don't get paid plenty at all- hardly enough to support a family. They have BAD work hours. My mom wakes up at 5 in the morning and doesn't come home until 7 at night. They do have to work in the summer, and have meetings all summer long. Most teachers schedules are similar to this. And most of them don't get paid in the summer.. no teachers I know. As for it being an easy job, it's not. You have no idea what sort of people they have to deal with-- not just the kids, but the administrators as well. Sometimes it's a downright nightmare.

[m@dcow]

i believe substitute teachers need higher pay... they're the ones that are the victim of the taunting and ribbing...

[ComradeRed]

its mostly about athletes getting payed these rediculous amounts 2 play a sport.

We like watching sports, so we are willing to pay a high price for people who are good at it. What is wrong with that... exactly? All it proves is that we as a society have a lot of extra money to spend and a lot of leisure time to spend it on.

[m@dcow]

But what about all those people who work so hard in their jobs, or the teachers who are the ones who help atheletes get past college... they deserve the money... and i dont think they have enough... not saying that sports is bad or anything... it's technically unecessary

[topsyturvy]

TEACHERS SHOULD GET HIGHER PAY!! [and i'm not saying that just cuz my mom's a teacher] without teachers, where would the laywers and doctors be? would they even exist?

[ComradeRed]

Abe Lincoln and Clarnece Darrow are two of our history's best lawyers, and neither of them had official teachers.

[sheepy]

yeah i guess dey should. but den again dey picked dere own jobs dey didnt really have to b a teacher if dey didnt wanna.

[redsoxbaby87]

it depends on the teacher. some teachers suck. they teach nothing. they just sit there. oh by the way. ten year should totally be eliminated. there should be no job security just because they have taught at certain place for ten years. most teachers just slack off after they get to their ten year. they cant be fired. that is just wrong.

[xHalf nHalf]

i duno its difficult to say...cause yes teachers do get crap pay, but then again like plenty of ppl have said, some dont deserve more pay cause they arent good educators....

but personally i think teachers have it kinda hard. i mean, the whole pay thing of course but also like, back in the day teachers you know, had the ok to discipline students if they were acting up...but nowa days, if a teacher as much as touches a student they get sued and some even put in jail cause of all these hellion students trying to get buck with them. i seriously think teachers deserve alot more respect...they have to put up with alot