Jobs in things like teaching and nursing are considered the caring professions, with the assumption that people who go into them do so to help people rather than make money, and thus are a soft touch to extract profits from. It is considered normal for teachers to be paid poverty wages, have to buy classroom supplies from their own funds and to lose money over their career, because, hey, if you didn’t want to sacrifice yourself for making the world better or whatever, you should have gone into finance instead.
I realize as a community we really do put more care into our burgers then our children…
Yeah, people retort, it’s not a job to make money, if you mention the bottom pay and parents who treat us as glorified babysitters or those who think they don’t have to raise their children because child development is a magical art and all we do is “abra cadbra healthy SEL”.
And like some aort of masochist too many stick to or get into this field (I mean what kind of sucker still pursues a multi-subject credential, lol, me) because it’s true, we genuinely care for the children and want to them to grow.
Yet another problem with our society, and ofc the only time systematic change will occur is when it’s tio late and even the most bleeding heart nurses, teachers etc have been forced out.
In Ontario, teachers are paid a respectable wage (six figures is fairly easily attainable for a full-time teacher) with solid pension, vacation, and benefits (the association managing the teacher’s pension is one of the biggest single stock investors in the country).
People complain that “just teachers” shouldn’t be pulling 100k+ salaries all the time, but the thing is, being a teacher requires about 6 years of post-secondary here, a bachelor’s degree + teachers college. On top of that, there are continuing education requirements. Usually once I explain to people that someone with 6 years of post-secondary will often be getting $100k+ in private industry and thus teacher’s salaries are simply being competitive to that, they generally are somewhat understanding.
Jobs in things like teaching and nursing are considered the caring professions, with the assumption that people who go into them do so to help people rather than make money, and thus are a soft touch to extract profits from. It is considered normal for teachers to be paid poverty wages, have to buy classroom supplies from their own funds and to lose money over their career, because, hey, if you didn’t want to sacrifice yourself for making the world better or whatever, you should have gone into finance instead.
sigh yeah…
I realize as a community we really do put more care into our burgers then our children…
Yeah, people retort, it’s not a job to make money, if you mention the bottom pay and parents who treat us as glorified babysitters or those who think they don’t have to raise their children because child development is a magical art and all we do is “abra cadbra healthy SEL”.
And like some aort of masochist too many stick to or get into this field (I mean what kind of sucker still pursues a multi-subject credential, lol, me) because it’s true, we genuinely care for the children and want to them to grow.
Yet another problem with our society, and ofc the only time systematic change will occur is when it’s tio late and even the most bleeding heart nurses, teachers etc have been forced out.
In Ontario, teachers are paid a respectable wage (six figures is fairly easily attainable for a full-time teacher) with solid pension, vacation, and benefits (the association managing the teacher’s pension is one of the biggest single stock investors in the country).
People complain that “just teachers” shouldn’t be pulling 100k+ salaries all the time, but the thing is, being a teacher requires about 6 years of post-secondary here, a bachelor’s degree + teachers college. On top of that, there are continuing education requirements. Usually once I explain to people that someone with 6 years of post-secondary will often be getting $100k+ in private industry and thus teacher’s salaries are simply being competitive to that, they generally are somewhat understanding.