Have you ever done the math on the cost of education compared to a good babysitter? The public schools are really a good deal.
Lets assume that you have 30 students for each teacher. Lets assume that the teacher has a salary and benefit package that is $100,000 a year. If you don’t like my numbers, put in your own, I think it will still work.
Teachers have students for about six hours a day. They teach five days a week. Lets see what the math is on that.
30 students
x 6 hours a day
180 billable babysitting hours a day.
Most teachers are responsible for students about 180 days a year.
180
x 180
32,400 billable hours a year
Now, divide the cost by the billable hours.
100,000/32,400
It comes out to about $3.09 an hour. It has been a long time since I had to hire a baby sitter but even twenty years ago we were paying a lot more than that.
So education is really a bargain. And you don’t have to drive the teacher home after school.
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That's a fact. Schools have basically become day care centers.
ReplyDeleteHow well I know. Education has become the option. Keeping them off the streets is the default.
DeleteGrace and peace.