Are Teachers and military service members earning what they should deserve?
Military service members and teachers should be paid more than professional athletes, actors, and musicians. Wouldn’t it be great to make nearly $24 million a year simply to play a game or to go on tour? Kobe Bryant, along with many other performers, certainly think so. But do these entertainers really deserve all that money? ("Kobe Bryant.") Absolutely not, Performers are making too much money in a society where salaries are centered around the significance of one's work. currently the general public reasons individuals should be paid according to the job’s economic importance and their value to society (Winters 59). Teaching is by far the most important careers because our future depends on the education of its youth, yet teachers are paid infinitely less than the average professional athlete ("Pay Teachers A Market Wage."). In fact, LeBron James earns $2.29 per second, in just 8 hours LeBron collects over $60,000, that is higher than the average classroom teacher’s yearly salary (Harnocz). On average, NBA players make $5.15 million, MLB players make $3.2 million, NHL players make $2.4 million, and NFL players make $1.9 million per year (Manfred). While, as a Public School teacher’s annual salary …show more content…
The military fights for our country and teachers teach our future generation; while police officers protect us and firefighters and doctors save lives every day. Why do they get paid less then someone who entertains people by playing a sport? A jobs salary should be based on how important they are to society, and how much we need them in our society or community. For example do we need teachers or basketball players more? Do we need doctors or baseball players more? Do we need police officers or actors? The obvious choice would be all the people who help the community and people every
Military service members and teachers should be paid more than professional athletes, actors, and musicians. Wouldn’t it be great to make nearly $24 million a year simply to play a game or to go on tour? Kobe Bryant, along with many other performers, certainly think so. But do these entertainers really deserve all that money? ("Kobe Bryant.") Absolutely not, Performers are making too much money in a society where salaries are centered around the significance of one's work. currently the general public reasons individuals should be paid according to the job’s economic importance and their value to society (Winters 59). Teaching is by far the most important careers because our future depends on the education of its youth, yet teachers are paid infinitely less than the average professional athlete ("Pay Teachers A Market Wage."). In fact, LeBron James earns $2.29 per second, in just 8 hours LeBron collects over $60,000, that is higher than the average classroom teacher’s yearly salary (Harnocz). On average, NBA players make $5.15 million, MLB players make $3.2 million, NHL players make $2.4 million, and NFL players make $1.9 million per year (Manfred). While, as a Public School teacher’s annual salary …show more content…
The military fights for our country and teachers teach our future generation; while police officers protect us and firefighters and doctors save lives every day. Why do they get paid less then someone who entertains people by playing a sport? A jobs salary should be based on how important they are to society, and how much we need them in our society or community. For example do we need teachers or basketball players more? Do we need doctors or baseball players more? Do we need police officers or actors? The obvious choice would be all the people who help the community and people every