Argumentative Essay: Should Teachers Be Paid?

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A teacher take a hand, opens a mind, Touches a heart (Anonymous). High School and college teachers deserve higher pay than most opposing jobs. Some people may think if you begin to raise the hourly pay then the quality of teachers may go down. Teachers are actively working at school and at home.That is worth more than a 34,000$ annual pay (Alan). Most jobs require you to work during their work hours and get paid for their service. Teachers only get paid for the work they do during school hours and not for the many hours put in at home and after school. Basketball players just have to shoot a ball into a net and they make more than 23,000,000$ (Rovell and Bobby) a year that's more than 600 times what teachers make.Teachers deserve a much higher pay.
Firefighters have to learn how to do their jobs somewhere. Teachers have to teach everyone how to do what their dream occupation is. Yet they …show more content…

In some cases that could be true. People also believe that education is one of the easier fields to study (Education). Degrees in education can not be equated with any other degree like computer science (Education). That is one of the reasons why teachers get a lower wage. Many people like Douglas Staiger and Jonah Rockoff have found a solution to not higher there pays but still get good quality teachers. Their solution is to allow applicants to have a degree in anything (Education). They also thought it would be a good idea to base their pay off of how hard they work, teachers who don't work that hard don't get as high of a pay, but teachers who work harder and want their kids to do great could receive a higher pay (Education). This method does work in most occasions and there is potential problems in any plan. Nothing is flawless like if you were to raise teacher wages quality of teachers could go down. That is just a minor flaw in an issue that needs to be

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