Why Teachers Are Paid So Little In The U.S.

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  @mysterioustiings9909 · 5 years ago

  Seeing my 63-year old Civics teacher working at Walmart after school hours and weekends always hurts my heart.

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  @SAFFY7411 · 5 years ago

  Education simply isn't a priority, that is why they're paid so little.

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  @Steamrick · 5 years ago

  The short of it: You pay for what you value. Apparently, education doesn't rank high on the priority list.

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  @paulthompson6553 · 3 years ago

  I'm a teacher who makes $32,500 a year with a master's degree and 10 years of experience.  I will be leaving the profession that I love after this school year because I cannot afford to live on that low of a salary anymore.

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  @BK-jh2mg · 5 years ago (edited)

  No wonder why Walter White from Breaking Bad got into drug making business.

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  @daishaoutar5128 · 5 years ago

  I'm a teacher, and although we knew this before, this pandemic really showed how little the US values teachers. Economically and as individuals

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  @ur.kenpal · 4 years ago

  One of the things that makes this worse is the fact that many teachers aren’t given enough money to get supplies for their students so they have to use their own money. I vividly remember a teacher nearly in tears when she was talking about how there were no more public pencils for us because people kept taking them

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  @greatlakes7942 · 2 years ago

  As a father of 10-year old, I sincerely appreciate and respect what the teachers are doing to my kid: just look the smile on my daughter’s face when she comes home every day

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  @BobTheBob647 · 5 years ago

  My high school teacher was literally working minimum wage at a grocery store.

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  @jemontes1 · 5 years ago

  I brought up this topic to someone & they replied “well, they don’t care about the money. They’re passionate about their job, they do it because they love it. Not for the money” and while that is true, that most teachers go into the education system because they are passionate about it, THEY DO DESERVE BETTER PAY. Teachers are so important!!!!!!

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  @daniella3404 · 4 years ago

  As a parent I agree 100%. Teachers are grossly underpaid and the expectations are unreal.

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  @saras.301 · 3 years ago (edited)

  I was a teacher for 3 years and my salary was around 27K. That&apos;s what they paid starting out.<br>I taught HS Math and subed whenever needed during my planning period. I was expected to be at sporting events/games as much as I was able, have lunch duty one week a month and do carline morning and afternoon one week per month, and have help/tutoring class once a week for one hour. So most days I was working from 7am to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkd7QFPDJL4&amp;t=270">4:30</a> nonstop. All that in addition to checking tests and HW at home in the evenings and weekends, and having to stay even later due to a meeting or making sure I had my planning done for the week when many teachers fell sick and was expected to be subbing everyday.

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