Why do you often hear educators whine about their pay?

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I would in the education field and I do feel that the pay is quite good considering the actual hours and days I work. Prior to becoming an educator, I worked 50-60 hours per week and only received 2 weeks of vacation per year. Now, I work only 35 hours per week and work 185 days per year, making the hourly pay HUGE!!!!. Furthermore, the education field only requires the individual to have a "C" average grade to obtain a teachers certificate. "C" average means that you can obtain a few "D" grades in there--this is an average. This is at a level that would NEVER be allowed in the medical field, finance, psychology and the like. When you're only working 185 days a years, you can work the second job.
I AM an educator--I receive an educator's pay and an educator's benefits, which are the best!
I am an educator--I have a "teacher's salary". I have been in this field for 12 years. Do the math! The answers speak for themselves---whiners. There are only a few of us out there who really enjoy our jobs and enjoy the pay!
 
you must not have made much money with your previous job and that must be why you think you make a lot now??
 
If you truly work only 35 hours a week and 185 days a year, you are not a teacher. You are simply employed in the education field. To say the only time a teacher works is when he is in front of the class is like saying the only time a surgeon works is when she is operating on a patient and the only time a lawyer works is when she is in court.

if you truly work only 35 hours a week, and only 185 days a year, you are short-changing the students, their parents, and the community. If that IS you, please stop calling yourself a teacher.
 
http://www.cleveland.com/plaindealer/stories/index.ssf?/base/isedu/1204882234289590.xml&coll=2
"Teachers in U.S. public schools are paid about 15 percent less a week than people like accountants, registered nurses and computer programmers, according to the study titled 'The Teaching Penalty: Teacher Pay Losing Ground.'"
 
Education is undervalued by society. I agree that it gets all the lip service, but on the whole it gets the short end of the stick. Funding is too low (it seems only schools will close without heat in the winter, never the government offices or corporate HQs...curious). With such limited resources, salaries cannot be too high.
 
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