Why Do Teachers Deserve To Be Paid?
Teachers are People Too
Ever Garrison once said “a teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in people”(Ever Garrison Quotes 2017). Teachers are an underappreciated group of people. Teachers are one of many professions that make less money in the working world. Teachers start out making only $30,377, opposed to other jobs like computer programmers, who make $43,635 and RN’s who make a staggering $45,570 (NAE). Teachers attend school longer than both of these professions. Teachers deserve to be paid more because they work longer that normal working hours, they pay for their own classroom supplies, and they impact lives.
Someone once said, “when someone ask you why would someone ever become a teacher, …show more content…
Teachers are so inspiring to students. Teachers make children feel like they can do anything that they set their mind to. “Great teachers don’t just teach you; they change you”(Phillips 2015). Teachers are mentors that shape children into doing great things. It’s a teacher's job to prepare children for the future. They prepare everyone for the future. Teachers teach the future of the country, and sometimes it isn’t a walk in the park. Teachers teach our children to believe in themselves when no one else will. Teacher work everyday and push children to their limits and beyond because they believe in them. They give them the tools to ready them for the next step. Without all of the teacher we would be a world without …show more content…
“Teachers Spend Hundreds to Supply Classrooms | Money.” Time, Time, 3 Aug. 2016, time.com/money/4392319/teachers-buying-school-supplies/. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
White, Martha C. “Teachers Pay More For School Supplies as Funding Drops | Money.” Time, Time, 17 Aug. 2016, time.com/money/4455793/why-teachers-pay-for-school-supplies/. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
Bryant, Jeff. “What Your Back-To-School List Reveals About Our Underfunded Schools.” Campaign For America's Future, 18 Aug. 2016, ourfuture.org/20160818/what-your-back-to-school-list-reveals-about-our-underfunded-schools. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
Strauss, Valerie. “Nelson Mandela on the power of education.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 5 Dec. 2013, www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/12/05/nelson-mandelas-famous-quote-on-education/?utm_term=.8539a6306c5b. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
Phillips, Vicki. “Five Ways Teachers Inspire Me.” Impatient Optimists, 3 May 2015, www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2015/05/Five-Ways-Teachers-Inspire-Me#.Wcr5H9Fry01. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017
8 Quotes by Aristotle on Education.” A Teacher's Viewpoint, 21 Feb. 2010, ateachersviewpoint.blogspot.com/2010/02/8-quotes-by-aristotle-on-education.html. Accessed 26 Sept.
Ever Garrison once said “a teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in people”(Ever Garrison Quotes 2017). Teachers are an underappreciated group of people. Teachers are one of many professions that make less money in the working world. Teachers start out making only $30,377, opposed to other jobs like computer programmers, who make $43,635 and RN’s who make a staggering $45,570 (NAE). Teachers attend school longer than both of these professions. Teachers deserve to be paid more because they work longer that normal working hours, they pay for their own classroom supplies, and they impact lives.
Someone once said, “when someone ask you why would someone ever become a teacher, …show more content…
Teachers are so inspiring to students. Teachers make children feel like they can do anything that they set their mind to. “Great teachers don’t just teach you; they change you”(Phillips 2015). Teachers are mentors that shape children into doing great things. It’s a teacher's job to prepare children for the future. They prepare everyone for the future. Teachers teach the future of the country, and sometimes it isn’t a walk in the park. Teachers teach our children to believe in themselves when no one else will. Teacher work everyday and push children to their limits and beyond because they believe in them. They give them the tools to ready them for the next step. Without all of the teacher we would be a world without …show more content…
“Teachers Spend Hundreds to Supply Classrooms | Money.” Time, Time, 3 Aug. 2016, time.com/money/4392319/teachers-buying-school-supplies/. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
White, Martha C. “Teachers Pay More For School Supplies as Funding Drops | Money.” Time, Time, 17 Aug. 2016, time.com/money/4455793/why-teachers-pay-for-school-supplies/. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
Bryant, Jeff. “What Your Back-To-School List Reveals About Our Underfunded Schools.” Campaign For America's Future, 18 Aug. 2016, ourfuture.org/20160818/what-your-back-to-school-list-reveals-about-our-underfunded-schools. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
Strauss, Valerie. “Nelson Mandela on the power of education.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 5 Dec. 2013, www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2013/12/05/nelson-mandelas-famous-quote-on-education/?utm_term=.8539a6306c5b. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017.
Phillips, Vicki. “Five Ways Teachers Inspire Me.” Impatient Optimists, 3 May 2015, www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2015/05/Five-Ways-Teachers-Inspire-Me#.Wcr5H9Fry01. Accessed 26 Sept. 2017
8 Quotes by Aristotle on Education.” A Teacher's Viewpoint, 21 Feb. 2010, ateachersviewpoint.blogspot.com/2010/02/8-quotes-by-aristotle-on-education.html. Accessed 26 Sept.