We've all heard these statistics that teachers at times go into their pockets in the tune of several hundred dollars a year to pay for school supplies and materials. It's not normal.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In many ways, education is a lousy business. Teachers are not normal economic actors; almost all of them work for less money than they might fetch in some other industry, given their skills and advanced degrees.
Teachers need to be paid like professionals.
But I was going to be a teacher my entire life, so I wasn't counting on money to much.
As they work hard for our children, America's teachers often reach into their own pockets to make sure they have the best classroom supplies. I feel strongly that the federal government should help make up for their personal financial burden.
Money buys the most experienced teachers, less-crowded classrooms, high-quality teaching materials, and after-school programs.
I think good teachers are underpaid.
I don't think the schools are getting as much money as they should.
I strongly believe that more money needs to be spent in the classroom.
Money is not the reason that people enter teaching.
When we become a really mature, grown-up, wise society, we will put teachers at the center of the community, where they belong. We don't honor them enough, we don't pay them enough.
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