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As you said, these people do not have a scarce special talent compared to top footballers who produce huge revenues entertaining people

You not get onto a PGCE then mate?

Pigeon, I know an absolute raft of teachers and to a person they would all admit what a cushdie job teaching is. Absolutely they have work to do outside of 'work hours' like every profession does but taking all of it into account still amounts to far more time off than other full time professions.

Similarly for the qualifications required, the amount of time needed to work, the difficulty to get a job in the field, teachers get paid an unfairly high wage, even at primary school level. People (not all some fully deserve it) who could never get that kind of money working in a different profession get paid more and a were entitled to a ridiculous pay increase scheme that had nothing to do with performance, then went on strike about it when it looked like they were going to be brought into the real world.

There are plenty of teachers who fully deserve the money they get paid and the trappings which come with the job. But its far too cushdie for many teachers who go into just because its an easy gig to get for them and pays more than other things they could actually get onto. This is the opinion of many teachers I know not just those of us who have had plenty of conversations with teachers.

If the field was more like in the private sector where effort and and performance were rewarded and those who don't care get weeded out then I'd be calling for higher teacher salaries in the UK along with them. But the fact is too many teachers have a cushdie ride, and then complain about it. That tarnishes the profession for those who actually deserve recognition and improved pay.

Without teachers we wouldn't be having this very discussion as the lot of us would be illiterate. No scientists, no doctors, no engineers.....

Think about it for a second. I am not a teacher or in the education field, but saying they have a cushy overpaid job is to me almost non sensical. I know not everyone agrees. Just my view. They are a vital cog for the advancement of humankind.

Indeed they are vital, but you can add doctors, nurses, scientists, entrepreneurs, managers etc to that list. However, wages doesn't depend on that but on demand and supply. Just imagine for a minute that teachers were to earn 10 times what they are earning, say by law, lots of people would then train to become teachers as you don't need a super special talent for that and they would be in excess, probably more teachers than pupils (I might be exagerating but it's an illustration). Some footballers earn huge wages, but they are few in numbers even if most if not everybody would like to be one of them.

Go read how much actors, basketballers, f1 drivers earn per year. Stop complaining people.

It is a istake to believe that just anyone can be a teacher and that it doeant take a special talent. It does. Anyone can be a footballer but not everyone can be a top footballer. However, top teachers and professors atill dont get paid what top footballers do.

My opinon hes just another overpaid footballer who thinks hes better than he is heard a lot of stories about this fella on the bench against southhampton away been a naughty boy the night before and he wants over 100 grand a week see ya

Thank you Ninja. That was very heartening indeed.

This discussion is not really just about teachers. Let's say there are two kinds of professions, the normal ones where people work relatively long hours and are paid low to reasonable wages that they have to adjust their lifestyles to. These people have to have proper education and/or training to conduct their jobs properly. They include teachers, doctors, workers, taxi drivers, bank clerks, you know, the whole lot.. and then there's the other group, sportsmen, artists, some politicians, etc.. who are blessed with some special talent or who are simply lucky to earn sums of money incomparable to the rest of us.