Under Paid and Over Worker?

By Seneca Barker

I came across this picture while scrolling through Facebook the other day. It gained attention from one of my former teachers.

It honestly made me sad seeing a teacher I know and love agree with what this picture is saying, especially because I know how hard she, and many others, work. Posts like this also make me slightly apprehensive about joining the field of education sometimes.

After doing some research I learned that the average elementary school teacher gets paid about $43,571, and an average high school teacher makes about $47,727. On top of that, in many schools, they don't receive annual raises.

If you know me, then you know one of my favorite things to do in the summer is enjoy a baseball game at Comerica Park. But you know what blows my mind? Those men playing ball get paid an average of $3.2 million dollars a year. That is absolutely crazy!

Why in the world are educators paid less that someone swinging a bat? Or playing any professional sport for that matter. Teachers are the ones in charge of educating the children of the future. That is a pretty important job if you ask me.

In order to keep amazing teachers, they need to feel rewarded for doing an amazing job. Under paying educators for the time and effort that goes into this career isn't going to draw people to the education field, which will only make the students suffer.

When students suffer, the future suffers.



Sources:
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/All_K-12_Teachers/Salary
http://www.businessinsider.com/charts-expose-how-badly-nfl-players-get-paid-2013-9