Buttigieg: America Would Be a Better Place If We Paid Our Teachers Like Our Doctors

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BUTTIGIEG: “Thank you for your commitment to your classroom. You should have a little more support. In fact a lot more support. I would argue that if we could honor our teachers a little more like we do our soldiers and pay our teachers a little more like we do our doctors, this entire country would be a better place. And again, being married to a teacher, I have seen just how much teachers put in and invest in not just having to pick up supplies for your classroom but emotionally invest in the well being of kids, conversations with parents after hours, long nights grading papers. Yet look at what you’re up against, not being compensated the way most professions that require that much education and skill are, often having the profession almost feel like it’s being automated by an overreliance on standardized testing, expecting teachers to handle mental health issues without being given the resources to support students who have those challenges.”