Jordan Cosby (FGCU) Teacher’s Salary

Every since I was a little girl I’ve wanted to be a teacher. I use to always play school with my friends in the neighborhood and I would always want to be the teacher.  This semester I took an Intro to Education class and I learned lots ups and downs of being a teacher. After learning about the downs it had me thinking a lot about if this actually what I want to do. I mean every since I was a little girl I’ve wanted to become  a teacher but now after learning how little teachers get paid for the amount of work they do I’m not sure it’s the best career for me.  In today’s society I would not be able to sufficiently provide for a family off a teacher’s salary.  Although being a teacher are the best work hours in order to take care and be there for your children. Teachers are able to be there for children after school, on the weekends, during holidays and during the summer. But these teachers are able to give the children all they need and want because of the amount of money they make.  I just recently learned that the starting salary for a teacher is only ten dollars an hour and after being a teacher for so many years you may be able to work your way up to making twenty eight dollars an hour, whereas a nurse starting salary is around twenty eight dollars. I don’t believe that being a teacher for a certain amount of years should be a reason for more pay. When someone is in their first years of teacher they are more excited about their jobs, whereas teachers that have been teaching for a long time may grow tired of the everyday obstacles of teaching. One of the big talks in the education world is having teachers get paid by merit, but how could one determine how many a certain teacher could make from the performance of their students. If teachers know they are going to get paid based on their students performance may give students higher grades just to get paid more. In this society we need teachers or we won’t have: doctors, lawyers or businessmen, so why don’t we pay these crucial individuals a little more money?

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