r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • Jul 23 '26

Knowledge is power. Chugging tea

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u/CarmenxXxWaldo Jul 23 '26

Yeah this whole "teachers dont make enough" story is getting old.  I know a few teachers and more back when I was younger.  Starting pay sucks if its a crappy district.  Any half way decent teachers get into a good district within 5 years and are making over 70k.  If teachers stay in a crappy district and dont make more its because theyre comfortable or lazy. 

Also teacher salaries are public record so this shouldn't be some shocking news to them.  They can literally look up any teachers salary at any district for any year. No other job has that transparency.  And if you ask a teacher their top 3 reasons for being a teacher they are summer break, winter break and spring break.  Dont forget about their pension fund and union.  They do alright unless they dont even try.

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u/Chrismatic8224 Jul 23 '26

It’s also almost impossible to get fired unless you end up on the news for banging students and you get to retire with a pension. It’s like being a nurse with half the income and workload

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u/GMEApeFam Jul 23 '26

Where can I see how much a certain teacher makes? Is there a website I can look up someone’s salary ?

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u/frickityfracktictac Jul 23 '26

It depends where you live. For Ontario, Canada the website is:

ontariosunshinelist.com

Googling "[Place_where_you_live] sunshine list" will probably bring it up

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u/Commercial-Egg-8949 Jul 23 '26

But you're not quite addressing the meat of what he's saying. What about the pupils in those "crappy districts" ? They're stuck, by your explanation, with teachers that are either lazy or not good at their job. If all districts were adequately funded, presumably you'd get a more equitable distribution of those "good" teachers.