Persuasive Essay : Why Teachers Should Get Pay More?

With landmark Supreme Court decisions in regards to education such as Brown v Board of Education, which made segregation within schools illegal, one would be inclined to believe that modern schools are void of any inequality. However, at a deeper glance, it is apparent that there is a glaring inequality within public school systems at the national, statewide, and even district-wide level. Such an inequality has drastic results as the education one receives has a high correlation to the college they will attend, and the job they will work. It is in society's best interest that public school systems be improved to equally supplement students with the tools necessary to succeed. While the public school system aims to reduce the inequality within it, they have proven ineffective in guaranteeing children of all races and economic classes an equal education.

     High school teachers’ average salary varies across the world. The United States is said to be one of the richest countries in the world, yet our teachers are being paid one of the lowest amounts. The Education Intelligence Agency, author of the article “Ohio Teacher Overcomes Union’s Tolerance” published an International Teacher Salary Report ranking the fifty states by “how much the average salary exceeded per capita personal income.” According to the Education Intelligence Agency Ohio’s percentage rate is only fifty- five point one percent. According to the Education Intelligence Agency the lowest state percentage is in South Dakota at twenty- three point six percent and the highest state percentage is

Humanity reaches unbelievable heights, discovers old civilizations, creates supersonic aircraft, launches every day new high tech gadgets, but fails to resist the challenge of the 21st century- the poverty. The U.S.A. has experienced crisis and prolonged period of economic instability which threatened first of all the economic security of individuals, families and whole communities. The minimum wage becomes a wealth inequality and economic segregation that endangers the ability to eat and remain healthy, have access to education and new opportunities. In these circumstances, replacing the minimum wage with a living wage will serve as a relief for the poor and will bring benefits to the local businesses and the economy as well.

The people of America are all for raising minimum wage to fifteen dollars an hour but what the people do not know is that raising minimum wage is not going to help the people in poverty. Raising minimum wage is only going to hurt the people in the middle and lower class by making the cost of living go up, leaving the people with education based jobs making around the same income, and creating a bigger career mess.

Minimum wage is a problem, but most don’t want to raise it. Raising minimum wage will be a big problem now and including the future. Raising minimum wage is a problem depending on a social hierarchy. For many years the U.S had had many protesters and this is a problem according to state officials. Family's around the world are surviving on as little as 4.25 an hour in this case people have to survive off of food stamps and family members. Job owners can choose to higher the pay due to a raise in the company or a downgrade will determine whether they will make below minimum wage. Minimum wage should be increased from 7.25 to 9.00 an hour because of the over qualified, educated, and experienced Americans who are now relying on minimum wage jobs as a result of the struggling economy. Also, increasing minimum wage could help stimulate the economy. But, in order to get the economy back on track the spending power must be in the hands of the Americans who in fact, spend. With today's tough job market most job seekers are willing to acquire positions they are considered over qualified for, even if it means taking a pay cuts. Therefore, an increase in minimum wage will ensure that low wage over qualified workers have the means for vital necessities like housing, food, transportation and health care. Last year more than 200,000 Americans with college degrees were working minimum wage jobs due to our struggling economy. Furthermore, an increase in minimum wage would help stimulate the economy by

It is truly a saddening sight to see men on the street in this day and age in cities everywhere both big and small begging for spare change with a cup and sign saying "Unemployed will work for food," and it is even sadder when the person is a woman with her children by her side. As of now, there are approximately 325 million people in America and of them, 1.7 million live off of minimum wage. 4.9% of those people are unemployed and .5% of them homeless. The number of jobs available are constantly shrinking, faster and faster and minimum wage is being less and less effective as a means for survival. To answer this problem, I propose a modest and efficient proposition. My proposition would be to abolish the minimum wage and reallocating pay elsewhere, or in simple terms remove minimum wage. There are many reasons to do so but the main reasons to remove the minimum wage are that it slows job growth and opportunities for jobs, it is not helping to curb poverty but worsen it, and it is hurting low-wage workers.

“A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much and so many have so little” (Sanders 1). One of the controversial topics in American politics today is the decision whether to increase minimum wage. Some people think raising minimum wage can only benefit them and our economy. You may be thinking nothing could be bad about having a few extra bucks in your pocket. What could be so bad about raising minimum wage? Minimum wage increasing would cause various issues in today's economy.

Minimum wage is a problem, but most don’t want to raise it. Raising minimum wage will be a big problem now and including the future. Raising minimum wage is a problem depending on a social hierarchy. For many years the U.S had had many protesters and this is a problem according to state officials. Family's around the world are surviving on as little as 4.25 an hour in this case people have to survive off of food stamps and family members. Job owners can choose to higher the pay due to a raise in the company or a downgrade will determine whether they will make below minimum wage. Minimum wage should be increased from 7.25 to 9.00 an hour because of the over qualified, educated, and experienced Americans who are now relying on minimum wage jobs as a result of the struggling economy. Also, increasing minimum wage could help stimulate the economy. But, in order to get the economy back on track the spending power must be in the hands of the Americans who in fact, spend. With today's tough job market most job seekers are willing to acquire positions they are considered over qualified for, even if it means taking a pay cut. Therefore, an increase in minimum wage will ensure that low wage over qualified workers have the means for vital necessities like housing, food, transportation and health care. Last year, more 200,000 Americans with college degrees were working minimum wage jobs due to our struggling economy. Furthermore, an increase in minimum wage would help stimulate the economy by multiplying consumer spending without expanding the state

A living wage is a thing of the past when it comes to our federal minimum wage. Nowadays, people tend to be living to work instead of working to live. Our minimum wage standards are simply not enough to keep up with our inflating cost of living. With every passing year our rent, utilities, insurance requirements and food all increase in price, yet the minimum wage has only increased minimally. The federal minimum wage should be increased to help boost our economy and improve the life of all Americans. There are many critics who would disagree, however. They need to be shown how important a role the common worker plays in the community and how hard it is to survive alone yet with a family on our federal minimum wage standards.

Raising the minimum wage comes with two sides good and bad the good side is people would be getting paid better and making more money, and bad side would be product prices would increase. If the price of living wasn’t so outrageous we wouldn’t have to worry about minimum wage or the people below the poverty line. If minimum wage goes up inflation is most likely going to rise and it really wouldn’t make a difference then because the individual would still be in the same boat trying to afford things.

I am a resident in Madera, California. I am writing with my distresses about raising minimum wage. I understand there is a lot of controversy over the subject, but I would like to make a couple of statements of my own of why I don’t think it is in the best interest of the citizens of the United States. One of the questions I ponder with “Is raising the minimum wage good for the American people”? I understand some people will disagree with me but we also need to know how it will impact the business. Without Businesses we have no work, without work we have no money to sustain ourselves we are all connected.

Everyone thinks that raising the current minimum wage to $15, then it will reduce poverty and help everyone as a whole. What everyone does not realize is that if that happens, then poverty might actually get worse and more problems occur. The whole point to raise the minimum wage is to give the workers more money so that they may live a little easier. The problem with this plan is that by raising the minimum wage companies will have to pay them more. They will start to increase the cost of their product or service to compensate for the increased pay. This makes raising the minimum wage completely useless. What is best right now is to keep the minimum wage as it is. For now it is neither doing harm or doing any good. It’s a good neutral for the time being.

Everyone loves making money- that’s how we survive our world. Without it, none of us are going very far, and we all know it. In today’s time, it is hard to actually get out there in the workforce and be successful when your income limits what you can do. You might not be able to afford to go to college, or to move to where you have always wanted to live. According to “Calculating the Poverty Line,” Raising minimum wage will benefit above forty-one million people in the United States. That is about thirty percent of the whole United States. Thirty percent does not seem like a large number by itself, for the United States is a very large country. According to “Population,” there are well over three hundred thirty- three million people currently residing in the United States. This fact may make you wean away from wanting minimum wage to be raised, because it seems barely significant- that it will make almost no difference at all. However, when it is a factor in the lives of people, something that might improve their lives immensely and help the economy as a whole, it is actually very significant. States like Washington, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, and Maine are starting to realize this as well, as they have raised their minimum wage up to twelve dollars an hour. I firmly believe that minimum wage should be raised to fifteen dollars an hour across all states. Raising minimum wage is necessary due to the facts that it would give low income workers the chance to dig their way out of poverty, it would majorly help to reverse decades of the large gap between the rich and poor’s income, plus now-a-days minimum wage is far less than what it used to be in the past.

It often seems there are several important issues plaguing the public school system. So many that there needs to be a time to stop and ask the right questions. Which issue is most pressing? Which issue is having the biggest impact on the ultimate goal to equally and effectively educate all that pass through public schools? One issue that seems to answer both of the aforementioned questions is that of school funding. School funding has a tremendous impact on so many aspects of school. It affects so many different groups that have ties to the school. The impact and affect are so great that they will also affect groups outside of the school system. First, it is important to explore the far reaching impact of school funding.

Education plays a huge role in today’s society. The only downfall about education is not being able to afford it. Education eats your bank account and costing people to lose thousands so they are able to do something they love or just get a degree. People always question one another asking why people do not go to college. Why are people not taking advantage of something that will pay well after it is completed? Most of the answers for that is that they cannot afford to pay for schooling or they have to work to provide for their family and school is not a number one priority right now. If education was tuition free students would only be able to focus on studying and passing college then looking for money to pay for their schooling and that would help them perform better at school if they do not have to worry about finding a way to pay for it. Education should be free because it would help lower the homeless population, dropout rates, and stop student debt after they graduate college.