In order to be a teacher in Washington State you must have a Bachelor's with certification. This takes about five years and who knows how much money in tuition.
When you graduate and get your teaching certificate, you can look forward to landing a job where you will start at whopping $28,300 a year. Killer deal huh?(facts gathered here)
Or you could just say "screw it" I'll drop out of high school and get a job in the trades. I'm going to use the absolute lowest possible position on the jobsite as an example here. Per the current King County prevailing wage (the wages that are required to be paid if you work on a school ironically) a clean up laborer described as "FINAL DETAIL CLEANUP (i.e., dusting, vacuuming, window cleaning; NOT construction debris cleanup)" makes $24.86 an hour. That's $51,708.80 a year!
A journeyman carpenter makes $37.90 an hour or $78,832.00 a year.
Prevailing wage data here
So tell me again what is wrong with our education system?
Could someone explain to me why the state makes contractors pay broom pushers more than they are willing to pay teachers?
I already know about unions, democrats, etc. so I don't really need to know how it has happened. I am just ranting.
When you graduate and get your teaching certificate, you can look forward to landing a job where you will start at whopping $28,300 a year. Killer deal huh?(facts gathered here)
Or you could just say "screw it" I'll drop out of high school and get a job in the trades. I'm going to use the absolute lowest possible position on the jobsite as an example here. Per the current King County prevailing wage (the wages that are required to be paid if you work on a school ironically) a clean up laborer described as "FINAL DETAIL CLEANUP (i.e., dusting, vacuuming, window cleaning; NOT construction debris cleanup)" makes $24.86 an hour. That's $51,708.80 a year!
A journeyman carpenter makes $37.90 an hour or $78,832.00 a year.
Prevailing wage data here
So tell me again what is wrong with our education system?
Could someone explain to me why the state makes contractors pay broom pushers more than they are willing to pay teachers?
I already know about unions, democrats, etc. so I don't really need to know how it has happened. I am just ranting.