Teacher salaries not enough?

[mancombseepgood]

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2046432,00.html

 

[Freshy-ZN]

Nice example for our youngsters there huh?

 

[bwana]

No way am I condoning this guys actions but to answer your question - No. Teachers get paid ****.

 

[mancombseepgood]

Agreed. And in the past have been known to work for 6 months without pay... one wonders what the teaching "force" will look like when our grandkids are at school... full of people who just cant find work elsewhere with the odd very committed people who love the job.

But that is aside from the article BTW... but it does hilight the fact that there are people in the job for reasons other than wanting to teach...
It's supposed to be a noble profession.

 

[happygolucky]

I agree. Teachers are the ones that are educating our future, there jobs are very important, yet we still pay them peanuts. They work very hard and more often will even go the extra mile just to help a child out, but are never shown appreciation for what they do.

 

[mancombseepgood]

Exactly

I agree. Teachers are the ones that are educating our future, there jobs are very important, yet we still pay them peanuts. They work very hard and more often will even go the extra mile just to help a child out, but are never shown appreciation for what they do.

And the flipside to this is that when you pay peanuts you get peanut eaters.
If I had a teaching degree, I would find work elsewhere or study further to become a professor or something such... etc. etc. Not work for the education dept. Nothing racial or political - just because my no 1. job is to look after and provide for my family... and then be a teacher... just like everyone else - simple.

 

[The_Right_Honourable_Brit]

I agree. Teachers are the ones that are educating our future, there jobs are very important, yet we still pay them peanuts. They work very hard and more often will even go the extra mile just to help a child out, but are never shown appreciation for what they do.

And that's why I have such great respect for teachers. They do it for the love of educating students. It will never be about the money.

It doesn't help that the Education Department has slashed money given to former Model-C schools though - they give them the bare minimum.

 

[jontyB]

And the flipside to this is that when you pay peanuts you get peanut eaters.
If I had a teaching degree, I would find work elsewhere or study further to become a professor or something such... etc. etc. Not work for the education dept. Nothing racial or political - just because my no 1. job is to look after and provide for my family... and then be a teacher... just like everyone else - simple.

I know of some teachers who put their students before themselves. Great teachers.

 

[Leitmotif]

Salaries may be low, but not enough to justify this sort of serious criminal behaviour.

Sadly, considering today's students, it's not unlikely that he was influenced by the exploits of his students...

 

[Kompete]

wtf does this teacher's salary have to do with him robbing people at gunpoint?

I have a whole family full of teachers, and yes granted they get paid little, but thats no reason to go blazing...

 

[mancombseepgood]

I think the point is not that it drove him to be a criminal, but that the salary attracts people who are just not inclined to find work elsewhere and do the job for reasons other than wanting to teach... and with a shortage of teachers for obvious reasons...