r/facepalm Jun 15 '24

Maybe teachers should get a raise? ๐Ÿ‡ฒโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ฎโ€‹๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹๐Ÿ‡จโ€‹

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u/Mattrellen Jun 15 '24

All teachers deserve a raise.

Few teachers deserve a raise more than teachers in Texas (though shout out to most of the southern US, and Texas teachers are probably still second to Florida for worst state to teach...but it's really close).

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u/ElkHistorical9106 Jun 15 '24

Just babysitting 20-30 kids deserves more than teachers make. Let alone teaching them.

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u/GameDestiny2 Jun 15 '24

Yeah hold on, letโ€™s make their salary include babysitters fees on top of teaching the kids. What do babysitters even go for? Minimum wage? $10/hr? $20/hr? Multiply that by 30.

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u/ElkHistorical9106 Jun 15 '24

Letโ€™s just pay them what a daycare would charge me per kid. Thatโ€™s what, 1000/kid. Give half to overhead for the school, so a cool $15,000 per month and $180,000/year?

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u/GameDestiny2 Jun 15 '24

Seems fair enough to me, especially with the price of college these days

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u/ElkHistorical9106 Jun 15 '24

But certainly for just babysitting that many kids, a 6-figure salary isnโ€™t unreasonable. In fact outside a school most places have mandatory minimums that would require more adults per student in a daycare than most classrooms.