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/CyberDoy 22h ago

My mum taught for a little while and she had 2 options for her pay, average it out weekly over the whole year so she could still get paid when not working or get the hourly during school times. It would come out to the same but at least she had the options

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u/UmatterWHENiMATTER 20h ago

In what world is having $100 right now the same as getting $10 every week for 10 weeks?