I have thought for some time that teachers are on a campaign to be paid as well as doctors because they teach the next generation.
IF teachers were actually as useful as doctors then maybe the market would pay them that way. Teachers ‘work’ 9 months out of the year. Teachers get all sorts of days off so their real work schedule is like 190 days. Teachers get ridiculous pay and benefits for their ‘work’. Teachers have a failing system that seems incapable of correcting itself.
Doctors work ALL year long, if in private practice they do not get paid vacation days. Many docs work long, odd hours doing thankless and hard work. (Think pediatrician exposed to all of the kids who come in sick). If a doc has a ‘negative’ outcome they get sued and potentially lose their license to practice.
Teachers used to be well respected members of the local community. Now they are viewed as union stooges