Do you support the U.S. teacher strikes?

[The_Yoda]

TallSilhouette said:

The_Yoda said:
we pay athletes millions to play games and pay so little to the people that are molding the minds (or at least attempting to) of our future leaders.

I'm all for better teaching wages and conditions, but I never liked this argument. You're comparing world class athletes entertaining millions to the average teacher educating hundreds. The average athlete (the other 99% not in the big leagues) makes WAY less than the average teacher (little to nothing). Anyone teaching millions of people (through writing books or making programs) could well be making millions themselves. Same goes for comparisons to world class actors, musicians, entrepreneurs, etc.

Would it suit you better if I said we spend more on entertainment than on education?