Debate: Teachers Wages

[Copernicus]

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There should be no argument that teachers contribute a great deal to society. Teachers shape the leaders of tommorow. Sports athletes well they entertain us...but their overall contributions to society are much less. Therefore the extreme pay grade differential just seems ridiculous.

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again, athletes and entertainers are paid for the income they generate. If 50 home games of some sport a year generate $75 million in revenue, and the owners need the talent to fill the seats, then the athletes deserve what the can get. If given the choice between paying $400 for a night out at the local arena with the kids, or paying an extra $400 taxes to upgrade the wages of the teachers of their kids (and presumably the quality of the teachers as a result), most will probably pick the sport event.

AFU? definitely, but thats not the athletes fault.