[smtddr]

It's only weird if the employee isn't directly responsible for creating that something.

e.g., You can buy a Lambo for nearly one million but the cars salesman who sold it to you probably isn't rich.

But when you buy a painting for nearly one million, it'd make sense to think the actual painter is doing pretty well.

A (good)public school teacher in America is woefully underpaid compared to the service they provide. They should be paid similar to doctors & nurses, imho.

[mod]

My best friend is a public school teacher, and his circle of friends includes many more.

I can wholeheartedly assure you they are not as deserving as doctors, in large part because their training is much less rigorous, the job is much less demanding, requires less skill/ability, and a whole lot of teachers aren't "good" teachers. Just like any other profession, you have good, bad, and mostly average. The average teacher does not deserve nearly the same salary as the average doctor.

[Retra]

Working harder as a public school teacher isn't going to result in more pay. There are probably a ton of teachers who started out as "good" teachers and then slowly learned it wasn't worth the effort.

[andrewchambers]

If there were higher standards required before you can tech then higher pay would be deserved.

[mod]

I can agree with that, if the higher standards produced better teachers and discouraged the dregs from that career path.

[betaby]

'Good' is an important point here, and those 'good' work in private schools or as tutors. Generally public school teachers in Montreal are bad and education quality is low, obviously IMHO. Still even public school teachers are paid OK. Salaries for Quebec / Ontario are publicly available - it is almost on pair with civil engines. Yep education is notoriously bad, high school drop out rate about ~20% for Montreal. So in case of education I wouldn't correlate salary / quality that easy.

[aianus]

> A (good)public school teacher in America is woefully underpaid compared to the service they provide. They should be paid similar to doctors & nurses, imho.

The teachers unions would go on strike if you tried to pay teachers based on performance or supply/demand (paying a CS teacher more than a gym teacher). And there's no way the average teacher deserves any more money than they're making now.

[sabujp]

Yes, they should be. We would become a space faring civilization fairly quickly if that were the case.