I'm sympathetic to what I guess are these issues but the article was like WAT?
> The shortages have started hitting colleges
> They’ve never paid us a living wage
Google's average college teacher's salary. Looks like a living wage to me. I see $73k to $250k
I guess the author meant public K-12 schools in which case it's probably right? Though the first Google says average in California is $82k (not sure that is or is not a living wage)
> When I tell someone I’m a teacher, they don’t say anything along the lines of “thank you for your service.” No, they usually talk about how much they hated school. They complain about your summers off.
Really? I've never heard anyone disparage teachers but maybe I'm out of the loop
> Most Americans don’t think teaching is a real job. They think schools exist in order to warehouse children while their parents do the real work, and to keep them out of trouble.
I've never heard this. I've heard people complain that's all they're allowed to do in some schools because discipline is disallowed but I've never heard anyone say teaching wasn't a real job. In fact I've only ever heard the opposite. It's one of the toughest jobs there is, in part because it's more than 40hrs a week
> Burnout is just victim blaming.
I've never heard that ever
Am I supposed to read between the lines of the hyperbole?
> Every single teacher I know has a second or third source of income,
This I do know. Even long decades ago my teachers all had second jobs.
> what really drives teachers out of the profession... is lack of autonomy.
Yes, i've heard that at least
I guess I'm just ranting that the post seems kind of incoherent. I don't have a solution. Move to Norway or some other place where they value teachers. The USA seem over in so many ways and I see no possible way it's going to get better.
> The shortages have started hitting colleges
> They’ve never paid us a living wage
Google's average college teacher's salary. Looks like a living wage to me. I see $73k to $250k
I guess the author meant public K-12 schools in which case it's probably right? Though the first Google says average in California is $82k (not sure that is or is not a living wage)
> When I tell someone I’m a teacher, they don’t say anything along the lines of “thank you for your service.” No, they usually talk about how much they hated school. They complain about your summers off.
Really? I've never heard anyone disparage teachers but maybe I'm out of the loop
> Most Americans don’t think teaching is a real job. They think schools exist in order to warehouse children while their parents do the real work, and to keep them out of trouble.
I've never heard this. I've heard people complain that's all they're allowed to do in some schools because discipline is disallowed but I've never heard anyone say teaching wasn't a real job. In fact I've only ever heard the opposite. It's one of the toughest jobs there is, in part because it's more than 40hrs a week
> Burnout is just victim blaming.
I've never heard that ever
Am I supposed to read between the lines of the hyperbole?
> Every single teacher I know has a second or third source of income,
This I do know. Even long decades ago my teachers all had second jobs.
> what really drives teachers out of the profession... is lack of autonomy.
Yes, i've heard that at least
I guess I'm just ranting that the post seems kind of incoherent. I don't have a solution. Move to Norway or some other place where they value teachers. The USA seem over in so many ways and I see no possible way it's going to get better.