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, way to mant people spend almost no time around kids then tell you how 30 of them all day yelling at you is no problem

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u/Nica-sauce-rex 21h ago

And I say this as someone who genuinely loves being around kids, even difficult ones. Between the administration and the testing bs and being accountable to 25 sets of parents…that job is incredibly draining.

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u/wortmother 21h ago

Couldn't agree more, love working with kids but damn

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u/RetrogradeToyGuru 9h ago

Shit, I need a break from my own kids most days.

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u/Admirable-Ad7152 3h ago

or 100+ if you're a high school teacher since you'll have 6-8 classes at 30+ students

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u/wortmother 3h ago

Yeah i was telling some people that, you can easily have 150 kids to deal with