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Originally Posted by Regorium
The reason teachers are paid what they are is simple - supply and demand.
Being a teacher requires basically any undergrad degree, and some will lead to a Masters in Education. Both of these degrees are complete jokes, most people that go this route have crappy undergrad degrees. Thus, you get far too many graduates for far too few positions. It's only going to get worse too, as people are having fewer and fewer kids.
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That doesn't really jive with the teacher shortage right now.
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If it's "all about the kids" and "having the personality for it", then money doesn't matter right? But if money does matter, why would you go into this field knowing that you don't get paid that much?
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Yeah forget standard of living or owning property. What a terrible argument, that could be applied to any line of work. Or do you have to hate your job to get paid more? Gimmie a break. Teachers are people too. They have lives after work and families to go home to. Why is it so unreasonable that they ask for more money? I bet getting a raise at your job is way easier. Do you work for years without a contract? Does your wage increase get debated in the media and the government? Is the only way for you to get a raise is threaten to strike? Like I said before, teachers don't ask for the moon either. It's unreasonable to give them a raise. They just like every other profession out there.
Of course teachers get into the profession because they like the work and the children. BUT IT ISN'T ALWAYS THE ONLY REASON. No one said money doesn't matter, what's wrong with you. By your reasoning Teachers would be happy living behind the school in a box, and they'll happy because money doesn't matter and they love kids. But about their own kids? You need a decent wage to have a comfortable life. Why prevent them from having that? This province is rolling in cash, why do you want to penny pinch teachers? You're a joke.