Teachers salaries

Teachers of elementary and secondary public schools have a very low income, but then again, most of them really don't deserve a better payment.

Looking at the quality of their knowledge, the way they speak and the way they teach, I just wonder about the formation of the new generations, I'm serious, every new generation out of secondary is dumber and more ignorant than the previous.

What a shame...
 
Yet their pay goes up every year.

$35,000. per year or better is not low income, it's average. Add the perks & they get quite a bit more.
 
I was talking about teachers in mexican public schools.

At least I don't feel that bad knowing that not only our elementary and secondary level teachers suck.
 
its not too different here in the states although it depends on what school your in. My school was good and the teachers could teach us, but most schools I know of in the states suck.
 
Unicef rankings, based on percentage of 14 and 15 year olds scoring below a minimum level in literacy, maths and science.
This included results from pupils in the English, Welsh and Scottish education systems, which are included as a "British" average.

rank country %
1 South Korea 1.4
2 Japan 2.2
3 Finland 4.4
4 Canada 5.0
5 Australia 6.2
6 Austria 8.2
7 Britain 9.4
8 Ireland 10.2
9 Sweden 10.8
10= Czech Republic 12.2
10= New Zealand 12.2
12 France 12.6
13 Switzerland 13.0
14= Belgium 14.0
14= Iceland 14.0
16= Hungary 14.2
16= Norway 14.2
18 United States 16.2
19= Germany 17.0
19= Denmark 17.0
21 Spain 18.6
22 Italy 20.2
23 Greece 23.2
24 Portugal 23.6
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http://http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/2520303.stm

Okay, maybe it's not the teachers pay scale (although 35 grand a year is on the low end of average for a college educated person) but something is clearly wrong. I think it's shameful.
 
Gonz said:
They aren't having to double as titty dancers either (unless they want)
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I know a few of my teachers could definately be one of those and I wouldnt have complained....


We're 24. Not bad, not good, just right. :p
 
Gonz said:
Those are real dollars. No need to factor in CoL
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I was just thinking about the costs of housing, day care, transportation, etc. 30,000+ may possibly go farther in North Dakota than 50,000+ in New York, but I don't have the data in front of me to know for sure. :shrug:
 
Gonz said:
Those are real dollars. No need to factor in CoL
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No need to factor in COL? Ok, so if I make 35,000 a year, it spends the same wherever I live? Surely you can't mean that.
 
I dare say most the states in the top 5, maybe even top 10 probably have a higher cost of living than the rest of the country. Not a coincidence that the top five are so close to each other geographically either.
 
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