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In reply to the discussion: Are you sick of highly-paid teachers? [View all]Odin2005
(53,521 posts)5. I think all teachers should be making AT LEAST $70,000 a year.
I think one of the problems with the education system right now is that a lot of the people who would make excellent teachers are able to get better paying jobs somewhere else. I know when I was in college the stereotype of education majors, especially elementary education, was of mediocre minds who could not make it elsewhere. That needs to change, and the best way to change it is to pay teachers enough to bring good teaching talent.
Teachers should be PAID as the professionals they are.
(And before somebody flames me, I'm not saying that there are not a lot of very good teachers out there, I was just making a generalization.)
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The COO at the bank I used to work at told me that teachers make $300K.
DisgustipatedinCA
Jan 2016
#3
Right. At least if they're making $70,000 per year, all of those unreimbursed supplies they
japple
Jan 2016
#10
No, I think we should cap the salaries of CEO's and other execs and direct that
smirkymonkey
Jan 2016
#20
It all depends on cost of living. Income taxes should factor in geographical cost of living as well
californiabernin
Jan 2016
#21
I never met a teacher, cop or firefighter that made $125k and I bet I am older then you are.
Rex
Jan 2016
#49
AND highly-paid libarians, social workers, janitors, garbage collectors, sales clerks,
pampango
Jan 2016
#35
Well it's not like education is as important as stock speculation or oil drilling
DirkGently
Jan 2016
#47