South Korea is known for what, exactly, besides teenage suicide and mass depression? I spent a long time in Texas public education. There’s more to this than simplism and stereotypes. Yes, a coach will make more than a sixth grade math teacher but so will a high school ag science teacher. That’s because the coach and the ag science teacher have an extended year contract and both spend tons more hours on the job than the math teacher. In most cases coaches work more days than assistant principals. Like any other profession, 5% are geniuses; 5% are idiots and 90% fall somewhere in between. As to the per capita expense, all the kids take math; far fewer play football and football generates gate receipts that pay the operating costs of the other sports. Here’s a news flash: no football = no band in most cases.Finally, why is an art teacher more important than a football coach except to folks who hate testosterone?
You know darn well that Texas is a religion in Texas. Just because a high schoolcoach works more hours than a 12th grade math doe snot mean that his work is more valuable. Coaches work hard because the pressure to win is enormous. That does not mean that the kids on the football team deserve a higher paid teacher than the kids in the Calculus class.