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Teachers deserve more credit than given
Alex Sanders
Issue date: 10/14/08 Section: Commentary
The Equity Project Charter School is offering teachers a $25,000 bonus in conjunction with expanding the school day and work year for teachers. This additional bonus will hopefully encourage dedication among teachers as well as help weed out teachers who don't have an intrinsic love of teaching and the drive to work longer hours.
With the economy in shambles, now would not be the best time to raise teachers' salaries. In many schools across the nation, including UConn, we don't have enough teachers to meet a reasonable student-teacher ratio as it is. However, when and if the economy is ever reconstructed to a point of quasi-stability, education should be a priority. Schooling teaches people useful subject matter that can be applied to the rest of their lives. It is possible for people to learn and find a career without schooling, but it is becoming increasingly difficult. Now, to get to the top and make a reasonable amount of money, students need to climb higher ranks in education, all involving learning from the experts: teachers.
Students rely on them to lead them down a path that will hopefully result in promising future. And teachers, in turn, give their thoughts, knowledge and opinions to students to make their lives better and grant them knowledge that will hopefully stick with them for the rest of their lives.
Teachers do receive benefits, but the bonuses are usually not monetary. It is time that schools start a budgeting plan to allocate more money for teachers as the charter school in New York is doing. When the economy is stable, the government should help improve the educational system by hiring an adequate number of teachers and raising salaries to give teachers credit where credit is due.
With the economy in shambles, now would not be the best time to raise teachers' salaries. In many schools across the nation, including UConn, we don't have enough teachers to meet a reasonable student-teacher ratio as it is. However, when and if the economy is ever reconstructed to a point of quasi-stability, education should be a priority. Schooling teaches people useful subject matter that can be applied to the rest of their lives. It is possible for people to learn and find a career without schooling, but it is becoming increasingly difficult. Now, to get to the top and make a reasonable amount of money, students need to climb higher ranks in education, all involving learning from the experts: teachers.
Students rely on them to lead them down a path that will hopefully result in promising future. And teachers, in turn, give their thoughts, knowledge and opinions to students to make their lives better and grant them knowledge that will hopefully stick with them for the rest of their lives.
Teachers do receive benefits, but the bonuses are usually not monetary. It is time that schools start a budgeting plan to allocate more money for teachers as the charter school in New York is doing. When the economy is stable, the government should help improve the educational system by hiring an adequate number of teachers and raising salaries to give teachers credit where credit is due.
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posted 11/16/09 @ 10:00 PM EST
SOOOO TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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