THE NEWS IS A JOKE: Assignment 1b

I didn’t particularly search for this idea, but it is something that often lingers in my mind. Teachers, in most countries, are treated at a much lesser level of respect than they deserve. Teachers all over the world receive low income despite working more than just the regular 9-5 from Monday to Friday. Teachers spend hours every weekend and school holidays marking work and preparing for the coming week, term or semester. Teachers are the ones who guide students to greater studies, and without teachers, the world would not function.

Recently, and for a long time, the media has been failing to acknowledge the extreme mistreatment and lack of recognition teachers are given. It is widely known that the salary’s teachers receive do not reflect the time teachers spend working and studying. Not only in Australia, but in many other countries too. Other professions are often granted as ‘worthy’ of higher payment, but in my opinion, teachers deserve far more credit than they are given.

Without teachers, the doctors, paramedics, nurses, lawyers, accountants and such would not have even ended up in their field if it wasn’t for the devotion of their teachers in guiding them and supporting them in the journey into finding a career. Teachers create bonds with students, supporting them and guiding them in a way that parents and peers may not be able to do. Hours of work outside the school hours goes into teaching, hours of planning, writing, marking, thinking, designing and fighting for a more acceptable level of equality in the career field. Teachers are often looked down upon and as though ‘they have it easy’, simply because their job may not be as demanding in the same ways other higher paying jobs are.

Justice is well overdue for teachers, their pay rates should be higher, as should their level of respect and appreciation.

Link to relating post: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/majority-of-teachers-face-below-inflation-pay-rise-despite-boost

Assignment 1a: http://www.mediafactory.org.au/lauren-bisignano/2018/07/25/news-is-a-joke-assignment-1a/