Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
For some reason, there’s debate in this country as to whether or not teachers are worth what they’re paid.
Let’s think about that a second.
To reinterpret the point, it’s essentially asking whether it’s alright for society to expect teachers to give and give of themselves because “think of the children” (!
), while also refusing to treat them like the trained professionals they are.Which is crazy to anyone who is a teacher or knows a teacher because it turns out they’re actual human beings who enjoy things like heat in their homes, food in their bellies, and the occasional night out or trip away to make it all bearable.
Most people go into teaching because they love children and because they want to make a difference in the world. No one – literally no one – goes into it to get rich.
But more and more people are losing interest in teaching as a career when they do the math – between the number of hours they work, the five-figure student loan debt, and the paltry beginning salary, it just doesn’t add up to a career anymore.
It adds up, according to one Oklahoma teacher whose good at her sums, to about $12/hr.
Another Oklahoma educator, Beth Wallis, penned a viral post describing a day in the life of a teacher – one that begins with her bank account being overdrawn because of a gas company error (that’s how close teachers can be to not having enough cash to cover expenses) before launching into a heartbreaking picture of finding out that another one her students had passed away.
“This is the third student…
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