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Teachers: get an “appreciation week” once a year. This usually results in four emails, two handwritten notes, and a pair of free movie tickets
Police officers: apparently people pay for their food all the time???
Police officers: apparently people pay for their food all the time???
Teachers: usually make 85-90% of the median income in their area, WITH a 4-year degree
Police officers: base salary starts at the median income, no degree required
Police officers: base salary starts at the median income, no degree required
Teachers: no overtime, but definitely expected to work overtime (I clocked mine; for the 2017-18 school year I worked 600 hours of overtime; for the 2018-19 school year, it was 840)
Police: overtime eligible. Swing differentials. (Some cops can DOUBLE their take home pay)
Police: overtime eligible. Swing differentials. (Some cops can DOUBLE their take home pay)
Teachers: expected to do work on their “free” time (professional development, grading, chaperoning)
Police officers: get double-time for going to court on their day off
Police officers: get double-time for going to court on their day off
Teachers: can moonlight as tutors for $12/ hour, or maybe wait tables on the weekends
Police officers: can moonlight as an “off duty officer” and make almost as much as they make on the clock (we paid a cop $100 to stand around for a HS football game= $40/hr)
Police officers: can moonlight as an “off duty officer” and make almost as much as they make on the clock (we paid a cop $100 to stand around for a HS football game= $40/hr)
Teachers: are not allowed to touch students, no matter how aggressive or unruly they might be
Police officers: no rules. They can touch, assault, hurt, intimidate, harass, threaten, kill, and mutilate anyone they come into contact with, no repercussions
Police officers: no rules. They can touch, assault, hurt, intimidate, harass, threaten, kill, and mutilate anyone they come into contact with, no repercussions
Teachers: have to take professional development courses every year, sometimes paid for out of their own pockets
Police officers: well, I googled it and it looks like someone talked about it in 2018? IDK, guess they know what they’re doing already
Police officers: well, I googled it and it looks like someone talked about it in 2018? IDK, guess they know what they’re doing already
Teachers: can be promoted to assistant principal or principal. School board is elected, so your classroom experience kind of doesn’t mean shit
Police officers: get annual raises, lots of upward mobility: detective, SWAT, special units, supervisors, etc.
Police officers: get annual raises, lots of upward mobility: detective, SWAT, special units, supervisors, etc.
Teachers: if they cuss at someone they’ll have six angry emails and a disciplinary note in their file
Police officers: pretty sure they’re required to call at least one person a fucker every single day
Police officers: pretty sure they’re required to call at least one person a fucker every single day
Teachers: I once got angry parents in the principal’s office because I said the history American music is pretty racist and backed my claim up with examples
Police officers: can actively BE racist without repercussions
Police officers: can actively BE racist without repercussions
Teachers: five thank you notes per year
Police officers: break down crying in their car when “not enough people have thanked [them] lately” (lately = three weeks)
Police officers: break down crying in their car when “not enough people have thanked [them] lately” (lately = three weeks)
Teachers: can be fired for almost anything, have no immunity from prosecution, in fact every parent, colleague, or student can be a witness against you if you do something wrong
Police officers: have qualified prosecutorial immunity which basically means they get a pass
Police officers: have qualified prosecutorial immunity which basically means they get a pass
Teachers: spend an average of $600 per year of their own money to make their classrooms run
Police officers: get uniform allowances, plus all their gear is paid for
Police officers: get uniform allowances, plus all their gear is paid for
Teachers: get two weeks paid time off but also they have to work double-time to prepare for any day they take off
Police officers: START at four weeks paid time off, increases every five years https://www.phoenix.gov/police/joinphxpd/salary-and-benefits-summary
Police officers: START at four weeks paid time off, increases every five years https://www.phoenix.gov/police/joinphxpd/salary-and-benefits-summary
Teachers: more than half hold advanced degrees
Police officers: one out of twenty holds an advanced degree (most of those are likely chiefs/sheriffs)
Police officers: one out of twenty holds an advanced degree (most of those are likely chiefs/sheriffs)
Teachers: never, ever have a “slow” day. You are 100% on, 100% of every day, or everything falls apart
Police officers: I know a police officer who brags about sleeping in his car while parked on the side of the freeway (“it helps with speeders”)
Police officers: I know a police officer who brags about sleeping in his car while parked on the side of the freeway (“it helps with speeders”)
Teachers: lesson plans, fire drills, shooter drills, daily announcements, social issues, kid drama, “is everyone getting enough of my time???”
Police officers: “if I have to come back here, I’ll just arrest both of you”
Police officers: “if I have to come back here, I’ll just arrest both of you”
Teachers: go to kids’ sporting events, performances, competitions, etc, EVEN WHEN THEY ARENT PUT ON BY THE SCHOOL because teachers want kids to know they’re loved and to be part of the community
Police officers: encouraged to work somewhere other than where they live for safety
Police officers: encouraged to work somewhere other than where they live for safety
Teachers: average burnout is 5 years
Police officers: stats are hard to find. A robust study done in 1982 (!!) said around 5-15% of cops are “in a burnout phase at any given time”, another in 1991 said burnout wasn’t a huge deal
Police officers: stats are hard to find. A robust study done in 1982 (!!) said around 5-15% of cops are “in a burnout phase at any given time”, another in 1991 said burnout wasn’t a huge deal
Bottom line: cut the police budget by a LOT and spend that money on schools.
Here in AZ, if we cut *just* phoenix’s police budget by half, we could add $372M to education - add around 8% to every single teacher’s base salary immediately. https://www.azauditor.gov/sites/default/files/20-201_Report_with_Pages.pdf
Here in AZ, if we cut *just* phoenix’s police budget by half, we could add $372M to education - add around 8% to every single teacher’s base salary immediately. https://www.azauditor.gov/sites/default/files/20-201_Report_with_Pages.pdf
AND REMEMBER: when you see statistics about “education spending”, those numbers include state-run universities and their football and basketball teams (which usually have hundreds of millions of dollars every year)
