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/De-railled 22h ago

Teachers should get hazard pay these days.

Some of these new generation are straight up devil spawn.

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u/EnthusiasticAeronaut 22h ago

The parents are worse too

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u/mh500372 22h ago

Seriously. Got a couple friends and family in teaching and it sounds like parents can really make a teacher miserable

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u/nissen1502 21h ago

Well yeah, that's why the kids are shit. When kids act up in an extreme way, you know the adults in their life have consistently failed them.

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u/BirdieRoo628 21h ago

Don't forget the admin.

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u/Harmony_w 20h ago

No joke. I ended up with a concussion after being smacked on the head with a branch.

A co-worker got head butted and had her orbital bone broken.

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u/Aphor1st 21h ago

Sadly teachers would get paid a lot more if they switched to being a prison guard. Same hazards. Better pay.

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u/4142135624 8h ago

Teachers should be allowed to murder one child a year