Teachers or babysitters — what do we want? [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 10 April 2010
I READ with dismay the animosity being directed toward teachers lately. Perhaps if people do not want to pay teachers to teach, then they should pay for the babysitting service schools and teachers provide on a daily basis, 33 weeks of the year.
€5 per hour is roughly a 50% discount on current childminding rates, times 25 (the average class size), times 24 (the current contact hours each week), times 33 (number of weeks teaching) = €99,000 a year. Yes, please!
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