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Originally Posted by Jason14h
Most people making $100k work hours outside their 40 Hr week as well
I don’t think teachers are overpaid , but it seems $100k is pretty good (if you removed the BS like paying for own materials and class size) especially with 2 months completely off
In fact , it sounds pretty fantastic !
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Well not to get too deep into it, there could certainly be improvements to their working conditions, I wont deny that.
But I can sort of see where they're coming from.
Teachers are paid well, they hit the top of their pay-scale after about 10 years, so for the next 15 years of their careers they're getting Max Pay.
However, that also means that they rarely see any raises, even for COLA. And I think that, among other factors, is demoralizing. But it needs to be understood that this career is a Marathon, not a Sprint.
Furthermore, they have lots that comes out of that $10k/mo. Union Dues, standard CPP/EI, and a hefty chunk goes to their pensions. So realistically they'd typically be clearing about half of that for take-home.
And it doesnt go up by much.
Further to that thogh, we do also have to acknowledge that teachers live in the same world as the rest of us. While their pay scale is locked-in, they still have to deal with the real-world issues of increased cost of housing, utilities, food, fuel...the same things as the rest of us.
So they see their costs going up and up but their wages stay the same.
So for instance, in a household where one spouse is a Teacher, thats great! That person is rock-solid unless they commit a mid-tier felony. Even then...while the other spouse's income could be more in tune with a changing economic climate, for good or ill.
To maintain their standard of living there are only so many costs you can cut, so they want more money.
Hey CRA did it and if there is a group of people on the face of this Earth less deserving of a raise than CRA I'd love to hear it.