SweetSue92
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Yeah ... I kind of get that and pay certainly plays a role.
I don't think it is just pay though, and where you addressed increasing demands and structure complications ...
They may amount to something pay cannot cover in desirability and career longevity.
I have always thought that a portion of teachers do it for children or the benefit of the community as well as pay ...
But there are easier, less stressful and far more lucrative ways to earn a living than as a teacher in a government run facility.
I mean, bless them ... But job security is a benefit as well.
It doesn't matter what happens in any town ... They are still going to need teachers.
They have Union Representatives ... And if they have a problem with pay, it isn't because the Union Reps aren't getting paid.
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I don't want to reveal too much that's personal especially about people who are not me. But I could tell you stories of my coworkers--how they took children under their wing and were real heroes to them (I do not use that term lightly)--that still make me tear up years later. There are really rotten teachers out there who don't like kids and have no business in the profession. But most of us did it because we love learning, we love kids, and we wanted to do something valuable.
ETA: for the naysayers--this is not unique to teaching, of course. You will find this in many caretaking professions.