MP's are now paid almost 5 times more than a teacher's starting salary. Now both parents have to work, pay for child care and with those two salaries combined they often still struggle to pay a mortgage. A teacher's pay then was similar to an MP. In the 60's,70' and early 80's the salary of one teacher was enough to enable the other parent to stay home to look after the children, pay a mortgage and have a reasonable lifestyle. MP's are paid ludicrous amounts by comparison.

Compliance is out of control and disrespectful students (oops my bad, 'learners') in class rooms, next level Platitudes like 'children are our future,' abound - thing is nobody wants to pay to ensure that future is bright.Įveryone moans about the decline in literacy and numeracy but nobody seems to genuinely want to do anything meaningful to address the low level of achievement, errant behaviour of students or the poor pay and stress teachers are placed under. Judging by how little teachers are paid and the working conditions especially for teachers in low socio economic areas (where education is even more vital) the answer is - not very much. The bigger societal question is what value, if any, do we as a nation place on teaching as a profession? The questions shouldn't be why are teachers going on strike and what do they want? The general public and our politicians are asking the wrong questions. TEACHERS SHOULDN'T GO ON STRIKE - YEAH NAH

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