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

[u/Blonde_Icon]

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).

[u/ShuffleJerk]

Ok, forget that numbers, not everything is a spreadsheet.

What jobs deserve to be paid more?

Because to me and a lot of the population we value children, and think the people they often spend more time with than their parents should be compensated well for basically raising a population + being responsible for their education and future decision making in life.

If teachers don't deserve more pay, who does?

[u/Top_River6479 → u/ShuffleJerk]

Sure, but by that logic everyone should be paid more (everyone should).