A teacher's pay...

The following was sent to me by a friend, who is also a teacher. I loved it and felt I had to share it here, especially with all that is happening in my world with being a special ed. teacher and getting my masters.

May it make you smile as well. May you recall a teacher who did something extra special in your life to change your world. For me, I always think about Miss Steed and Mrs. Watson. For that matter, most of my teachers from Jonesville. GOD blessed me in such amazing ways in my life, even before I really knew HIM.

Those teachers NEVER got paid nearly as much as they deserved, but the eternal value is worth more than they will ever know. Here's that email:

Teacher's Salary

Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do--baby sit!

We can get that for less than minimum wage. That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked, not any of that silly planning time. That would be $19.50 a day (7:00 AM to 3:30 (or so) PM with just 25 min. off for lunch). Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.

NOW... How many do they teach in a class, 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! We're not going to pay them for any vacations. LET'S SEE.... That's $585 x 180= $105,300 per year.

What about those special teachers and the ones with master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage, and just to be fair, round it off to $7.00 an hour. That would be $7 x 6 1/2 hours x 30 children x 180 days = $245,700 per year.

Wait a minute--there's something wrong here! Average teacher salary $50,000/180 days = $277/per day/30 students = $9.23/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student. A very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even try - with your help - to EDUCATE your kids! WHAT A DEAL....

Make a teacher smile; send this to someone else who appreciates teachers...