By Meredith Menden
Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit!
We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan-- that equals 6 1/2 hours).
Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. (average daily rate for daycare in Nanaimo is $30)
Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day.
However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET'S SEE....
That's $585 X 180= $105,300
per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special
education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour.
That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute -- there's
something wrong here!
There sure is!
The average teacher's salary
(nation wide) is $50,000.
$50,000/180 days
= $277.77/per day
/30students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter
and they even EDUCATE your kids! WHAT A DEAL!!!!
Make a teacher smile; repost this to show appreciation for all educators.
We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan-- that equals 6 1/2 hours).
Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. (average daily rate for daycare in Nanaimo is $30)
Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day.
However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
That's $585 X 180= $105,300
per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special
education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour.
That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
something wrong here!
There sure is!
The average teacher's salary
(nation wide) is $50,000.
$50,000/180 days
= $277.77/per day
/30students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter
and they even EDUCATE your kids! WHAT A DEAL!!!!
Make a teacher smile; repost this to show appreciation for all educators.
2 comments:
Saw this the other day!
I totally agree. Teachers are underpaid for what they put up with!!
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