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Clarkey · 04-09-2016, 11:17 PM

If you take out the 'think of the children' factor what leg Teachers have to stand on?

There's a list of 100 if not 1000 professions that benefit society that aren't paid 6 digits. EMR, Police and Fire have a lot more stress but numbers and 'think of the children' sentiment trump's all.

Can we be honest and agree that while teaching is an important, challenging role that deserves to be compensated fairly, it's strong union, provincial cash bribes, and taking advantage of the over-emotional 'think of the children' sentiment has resulted in over payment that actually harms children? If the teachers take a 10-15% cut in pay the class size drops by a commensurate amount. A class of 25 suddenly becomes 21.

The counter argument is that it is a challenging role and the future of the children depends on it so any discussion around altering pay scales is off the scale... Well what if teachers were paid $150k per year? Where do you draw the line?

If it was up to me I would force teachers to take a 15% wage cut and reduce the number of teachers by 10%. I would also reduce provincial employees wages by 15% and cut the number of positions by 10%.

04-09-2016, 11:17 PM	#83
Clarkey Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Oct 2002 Exp:	If you take out the 'think of the children' factor what leg Teachers have to stand on? There's a list of 100 if not 1000 professions that benefit society that aren't paid 6 digits. EMR, Police and Fire have a lot more stress but numbers and 'think of the children' sentiment trump's all. Can we be honest and agree that while teaching is an important, challenging role that deserves to be compensated fairly, it's strong union, provincial cash bribes, and taking advantage of the over-emotional 'think of the children' sentiment has resulted in over payment that actually harms children? If the teachers take a 10-15% cut in pay the class size drops by a commensurate amount. A class of 25 suddenly becomes 21. The counter argument is that it is a challenging role and the future of the children depends on it so any discussion around altering pay scales is off the scale... Well what if teachers were paid $150k per year? Where do you draw the line? If it was up to me I would force teachers to take a 15% wage cut and reduce the number of teachers by 10%. I would also reduce provincial employees wages by 15% and cut the number of positions by 10%.