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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

High School Teachers Get Paid Too Much!!!



               I'm fed up with high school teachers and their big salary schedules.  What we need is to reevaluate their salaries.

               I think I’ll pay these teachers myself. I'll pay them day camp counselor wages.  That's right! Instead of paying these outrageous taxes; I'd give them $3 an hour out of my own pocket.  And I'm only going to pay them for five hours, not lunch or coffee breaks.  That would be $15.00 a day.  Each parent should pay $15 a day for these teachers to monitor their teenager.  Even if they have more than one teenager, it's still a lot cheaper than private day camp programs.

               Now, how many teens do they teach - maybe 100?  That's $15x100=$1500 a day.  But remember they only work 180 days a year!  I'm not going to pay them for vacations!  $1500 x180=$270,000.  (Just a minute, I think my calculator needs new batteries.)


               I know you teachers will say-What about those who have 10 years experience and a Master's Degree?  Well, maybe (to be fair) they could get the minimum wage, and instead of just monitoring, they could let the teens write a story.  We could round that off to about $7.50 an hour, times five hours, times 100 teens.  That's $3750 a day times 180 days.  That's $675,000....huh? (scratching my head) Wow! That's more than the U.S. President's salary of $400,000! Hmmm.....


              Wait a minute; let's get a little perspective here.  Day camp wages are too good for these teachers.  Has anyone seen a salary schedule around here?



~Story was adapted from an Anonymous writer



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