9 Reasons You Should
Appreciate Your Teachers May 7 is National Teacher Day and marks
the beginning of Teacher Appreciation Week. Here are nine reasons you should
be more appreciative of teachers. 1. Teachers make 14% less than other
professions that require similar levels of education. 2. 90% of teachers spend their own
money on their students and classrooms. 3. The average salary for public school
teachers in 2011-2012 was $56,643. 4. Low salary is the most common reason
people leave their teaching occupation. 5. At least 20% of public school teachers
have a second job outside of education. 6. Teachers work an average of 10 hours
per day and a total of 52 hours per week. 7. Their contracts don’t include work outside
of school, which can include up to 16 hours
grading assignments on the weekends. 8. Retirement only makes up 14% of teachers leaving
schools, with 59 being the average age of retirement. 9. Researchers have found that teacher’s jobs
are just as stressful as firefighters and pilots.