SO i was on Facebook and I saw this "chain letter" story is you will. You know the ones that say "repost this for good luck" "repost this if you care about babies" "repost this or you will die" etc. WELL usually i just zoom past them because lets be honest... no thank you. But this one caught my eye. (Make sure you read all the way through)
" Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It's time we put thing in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit! We can get that for minimum wage. That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That ...would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to......... 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan-- that equals 6 1/2 hours). Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations. LET'S SEE.... That's $585 X 180= $105,300 per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year. Wait a minute -- there's something wrong here! There sure is!
The average teacher's salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!) WHAT A DEAL!!!!
Make a teacher smile; re-post this to show appreciation ♥ all you out there!"
The average teacher's salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!) WHAT A DEAL!!!!
Make a teacher smile; re-post this to show appreciation ♥ all you out there!"
Now im not exactly sure where this originated... but its one that made me think ! I am certainly NOT a babysitter so at first this made me mad.. until i got to the end and realized the point of course. I get hassled all the time by family, friends and even strangers about what teachers make. Why is everyone so obsessed with what teachers make and how many holiday days we get (which we are NOT payed for by the way)
reminded me of this video I watched in first year or university in a ECS 100 course.
reminded me of this video I watched in first year or university in a ECS 100 course.
I make a difference - What about you?