NC Teacher Salaries
The NC Association of "Educators" is complaining that teacher salaries in NC have "dropped" to 26th in the nation -- all the way DOWN to $43,348 per year. They want to "make progress" in increasing the lower end of wages so the average can be even higher. Their #1 agenda item for next legislative year? "A 5% increase for ALL school personnel."
Note the lack of qualifiers there. They want a raise for the janitor that does nothing extra. They want a raise for the person who comes and unlocks the doors in the morning -- even if they show up late every day for a week. They want a raise for the teacher who educates children and the teacher who shows up and sleeps through class. Miserable bastards, the lot of them. They want more money while producing absolutely nothing more. That's wrong. ONLY when government is involved is this even possible! Tell you what, if you're not in government, why don't you go to your boss and ask for a 5% raise and explain that you're also going to come in an hour later and leave an hour earlier after you get the raise. Let me know how that works out for you, because that's that the NC Association of Educators is asking the legislature. Oh, but don't worry, it's a gerrymandered-Democrat legislature. I bet they get a 7% raise. Government education is utterly and completely worthless.
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Ogre! I agree with you on the salaries of the teachers but you need to see how the system actually works. They want a 5% raise for everyone, but in reality only the central offices, administration, and teachers will get the raises. The “support staff” including the CUSTODIANS(do not call them janitors if you enjoy breathing in air again, trust me on that), the secretaries, and the cafeteria workers will probably get less and enjoy it. Most of the support staff are used to this, as it has happened many times before.
The reason I say this is because in a way I took offense to you saying that they want to pay the janitor 5% more to do nothing extra. My father is a head custodian at the high school I graduated from and I told him about this post. He asked me that he wonders if you know how hard it is to get someone to do a custodial job for the school system. He said that because he has worked in the same position for over 21 years. I feel the salary is one of the main reasons why no one will take the jobs. To give an example, I graduated from college not too long ago and I make slightly more than him minus his two other jobs, yes I went to college but is my job really that harder or more valuable than his. Now I agree you should be paid what your worth but some jobs never really do that, especially government jobs that are not considered high profile. Yes, some of the benefits are better than mine but not by much so you cannot really take that into account. I will admit I have a bias on the issue, but if no one stands up for those who cannot speak then will they have a voice to be heard.
The reason I say this is because in a way I took offense to you saying that they want to pay the janitor 5% more to do nothing extra. My father is a head custodian at the high school I graduated from and I told him about this post. He asked me that he wonders if you know how hard it is to get someone to do a custodial job for the school system. He said that because he has worked in the same position for over 21 years. I feel the salary is one of the main reasons why no one will take the jobs. To give an example, I graduated from college not too long ago and I make slightly more than him minus his two other jobs, yes I went to college but is my job really that harder or more valuable than his. Now I agree you should be paid what your worth but some jobs never really do that, especially government jobs that are not considered high profile. Yes, some of the benefits are better than mine but not by much so you cannot really take that into account. I will admit I have a bias on the issue, but if no one stands up for those who cannot speak then will they have a voice to be heard.
Posted by: Arbitratorofall at November 18, 2006 01:09 AM (5+Jvh)
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Yes, the administration ALWAYS gets more money -- because they get to decide who gets the money!
And you're exactly right, whether you realized it or not -- all jobs DO get paid EXACTLY what they're worth -- in a capitalist, free society. ANYTHING associated with government is automatically out of the free market, so NO government employee gets paid what they're worth -- there's NO market forces to direct the market because government destroys the free market!
If government were not involved in education, every single employee, from the administrator to the custodian WILL be paid exactly what they're worth -- no more and no less.
And you're exactly right, whether you realized it or not -- all jobs DO get paid EXACTLY what they're worth -- in a capitalist, free society. ANYTHING associated with government is automatically out of the free market, so NO government employee gets paid what they're worth -- there's NO market forces to direct the market because government destroys the free market!
If government were not involved in education, every single employee, from the administrator to the custodian WILL be paid exactly what they're worth -- no more and no less.
Posted by: Ogre at November 18, 2006 06:20 PM (GPb4I)
Posted by: knoqdhm at November 18, 2006 08:08 PM (o85a7)
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