It’s been a stereotype for at least the last 50 years. Why has this never changed? Why has organized labor not had a substantial effect for such an essential part of the workforce?
It’s been a stereotype for at least the last 50 years. Why has this never changed? Why has organized labor not had a substantial effect for such an essential part of the workforce?
Teaching isn’t considered a professional job in the USA. It’s considered to be part of the service industry, thus the low pay.
My entire life I have been hearing how teachers are overpaid, lazy, pathetic losers who just want to leech off the taxpayer. And frankly… probably 30-40% of them are. The profession attracts a lot of slackers. The other 60% though should probably be making double what they are. I went to school in a poor district and 1/3 of the teaching staff were shitty teachers and often day-drunk at their jobs. I had like 3 good teachers in my high school, most were doing the bare minimum.
I wanted to teach but the salary was just too low to ever consider it. Nor would I ever have been qualified enough to teach at some elite private school where the pay is good.
I can’t recall ever having shitty teachers in public schools up until uni. In fact, I got amazing teachers who cared and sometimes went above and beyond. None of them came to school drunk, save for one uni teacher who was also named the top surgeon in my city. 🤷♂️
Teachers are not lazy. The institutions charged with supporting teachers are lazy.