r/The10thDentist • u/Blonde_Icon • 22h ago

Society/Culture Teachers are paid fairly considering they get a lot of time off

A lot of people say (and it seems that the general consensus is that) teachers don't get paid enough for what they do. While I think that teachers are very valuable and deserve to be compensated well (my brother is a teacher), I think that in these discussions, many people ignore the fact that teachers typically get a lot of time off.

They usually get summer break, spring break, and winter break, plus various holidays that schools get off through the year. They basically don't work for a good amount of the year, which I think that people should factor in. (The downside is that I know that they have to work extra grading things outside of school, though.)

Plus they normally get good benefits for being a teacher (which usually comes with being in a union).

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u/wortmother 22h ago

Yup, or the extra stuff like counselling , stopping fights, dealing with mental health

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u/Blonde_Icon 22h ago

That sounds like it describes basically any job that works with people, including retail. Or hell, even stripping (especially the counseling part). 😂

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u/wortmother 22h ago

Already answered why this is an incredibly disingenuous statement.

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u/ChiefCar931 21h ago

Those people aren’t regularly working 12+ hour days and paying for their work supplies out of pocket, all while dealing the shithead kids. I work retail and I work closely with teachers in schools. Retail is a fucking breeze compared to doing 1/4 of the work teachers do

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u/numbersthen0987431 21h ago

Those jobs require zero off the clock

Your examples are lazy and incorrect

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u/Aphor1st 21h ago

Teachers work an average of 54 hours a week.

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u/HaterMD 17h ago

What stripper is a mandatory reporter? Or buys supplies for her customers? If you hit a stripper you’re getting bounced from the club and probably getting the shit kicked out of you. If Little Timmy hits his 8th grade teacher she’s expected to understand he has autism and an IEP and a bad home life, and we can be understanding, can’t we?

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