If I were to go into accounting, I might be able to make around 50 grand when I graduate with a business degree. Sure, it won't be nearly as satisfying as being able to teach something to somebody else, but it will be able to pay the bills, and in today's society, that's what really matters. The government always has issues about how low our test scores are. There has even been a recent controversy over teacher's test scores being rather low. Well, if they inticed some people with a little more money, then maybe they will be able to recruit some of the more qualified people in this world.
Education is the basis to everything.
Let's face it, the better teachers you have, the better educated we will be. I was always told that you reward somebody for a job well done. If this is so, then why do teachers always seem to get the short end of the stick. It annoys me quite a bit, because I know the kind of day that my Dad goes through, and to know that he is getting the same rate of pay of a first year worker in some big business is rather disconcerting. I think that for the most part we all don't appreciate teachers enough.