| Go to any teacher forum, and you'll find a | | | | degree be paid the same as someone who never |
| discussion on the topic of pay. Are teachers paid | | | | graduated High School? This is especially true for |
| well? Overpaid? Not paid enough? Here are some | | | | first-year teachers, who in some districts and |
| of the biggest arguments on teacher pay - as | | | | states receive a salary lower than $40,000 per |
| well as the truth. | | | | year. |
| Argument 1: Teachers are overpaid. | | | | The response to this argument is that every job |
| People who make this argument often focus on | | | | is full of stress. Additionally, in certain schools, a |
| hours and time off. They claim that teachers | | | | teacher's salary reaches six figures. |
| work less hours per day than those in other | | | | Here's the truth. When it comes to teaching pay, |
| professions, and have more vacations and time | | | | the amount a teacher earns is irrelevant. What |
| off than other jobs may provide. And yet they | | | | matters is how the teacher feels about the pay. |
| get paid a high salary. | | | | To some people, forty-thousand a year is a lot, |
| The response to this view is that teachers often | | | | and to others, one hundred thousand is too little. |
| take their work home. They have to create | | | | Some people are content making enough to |
| lesson plans, grade papers, call parents, and do | | | | cover the bills, and others have a different view - |
| things beyond the five 40-minute sessions in the | | | | and want more out of life. And how you feel |
| classroom. | | | | about the money you make, in general, depends |
| Argument 2: Teachers are underpaid. | | | | on what you think you are worth. This is true for |
| People who make this argument bring up the | | | | all people - not just teachers. |
| stress of teaching, as well as the level of | | | | Increase your self-worth, and you'll increase your |
| education required for the job. How can someone | | | | salary. |
| who spent the time - and money - on a masters | | | | |