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Small-Scale Question Sunday for November 27, 2022

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This is a personal anecdote. I always hear that teacher are very underpaid in relation to the value they bring but having worked as one for some years and knowing personally some teachers, that doesn't seem true. Most are quite lazy and relaxed on the job and mostly they seem unfirable, and they use the relative low hours to get a second job, generally private tutoring. Now, there's a disconnect between my lived experience(TM) and the rhetoric. Was I just unlucky in my encounter? I would like to research and read more regarding this but all I find is article about how teachers deserve the highest pay.

Teachers look underpaid if you compare 180 day a year teachers to jobs working more like 250 days a year. If they use the 70 extra days a year to earn money at something close to their teaching wage, they seem pretty competitive in most areas. They'd look pretty highly compensated if they earned a competitive 250 day/ye wage in 180 days.