posted by gut
It's massively screwed up. "Associate" professors are taking the lionshare of early and entry-level courses, and getting like $3k per semester. Which works out to less than $30 per hour (with little to no benefits).
Meanwhile, you have K-6 teachers making the equivalent of over $2500 per week, or well over $60 per hour (again, ignoring pension and other benefits).
Sorry, but my uncle home-schooled their kids, and those kids did very, very well. Granted, mom was pretty smart. But you'll never convince me teachers are our best and brightest nor that their results aren't easily obtainable by anyone who remotely gives a shit.
And I'm not arguing most teachers don't care. I'm simply saying that the skill and ability required doesn't warrant above average pay. If you made the median salary, around $50k, but for only 9-10 months of work, that's about right.
Not disagreeing much. Watching some work it feels like they are worth their weight in gold. The home school thing can really work, it’s not for everyone. My son needed the social opportunities more than the education.
IMO opinion the lower end kids and kids without much parenting from age 2-5 really need it. The amount of parents that don’t parent is flat out alarming. Most of those kids love school and the consistent schedules and honestly just the warm trusting adults involved in their days.
There are many many improvements that could be made but there are dozens of things the vast majority of people not in it don’t see/can’t see.
Kids with good parents that are serious about education….those kids mostly don’t need it, my son an exception. At my school I’d say 5-10% have the necessary family support to not need public schooling K-6. Probably another 25% would be added but both mom and dad work and they need the schooling maybe more so as a sitter.
