Take Action: Paying Teachers Low Is NOT a Biblical Principle!
Nowhere in the Bible does it say we shouldn't pay teachers what they deserve.
Goal: 15,000
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Progress: 702
Sponsored by: The Literacy Site
Teaching is one of the most important jobs in the world, for teachers shape our children and impart values we take with us for the rest of our lives. They play a critical role in our development.
But it's widely known that teachers aren't being paid fairly. And one senator from Alabama says it should stay that way — because paying teachers low is a "biblical" principle.
Senator Shadrack McGill thinks that keeping teachers' salaries low is a biblical mandate that ensures only the most dedicated individuals enter the profession. He said, "It's a Biblical principle. If you double a teacher's pay scale, you'll attract people who aren't called to teach..."
Yet McGill approved a 67% pay increase for legislators in 2007, claiming this would help curb bribes!
Let Senator McGill know you don't agree with his logic and tell him to make advancing Alabama's educational system a top priority.
Dear Senator McGill:
I am outraged that you think teachers shouldn't be paid what they're worth, so as to discourage individuals from entering the profession for monetary reasons. In fact, you went so far as to say that paying teachers low is a "biblical principle."
You yourself have children — wouldn't you like to see each of them receive the best possible education from grade school through college? Wouldn't you agree that a teacher's abilities are directly proportional to a child's success?
If you answered yes to either of those questions, then you have contradicted your own comments. The fact is, paying teachers low does NOT ensure only the most dedicated enter the profession. Rather, it undermines the effectiveness of current teachers as well as discourages potentially competent individuals from the career path.
If we want quality teachers in the classroom, we must pay them what they deserve.
Please reconsider your comments and shift your focus to improving Alabama's education system.
Sincerely,
Petition Signatures
May 13, 2013
kaitlyn smith
May 13, 2013
Melanie Steelman
May 12, 2013
Nathaniel Maddux
May 11, 2013
luxcika krishnapillai
May 11, 2013
Tori Dickson
May 9, 2013
Niarja Marchand
Teachers are worth a lot more and contribute more to society than the bloody politicians. "Biblical principal" As I recall Jesus didn't particularly care for politicians.
May 9, 2013
K Saunders
Outrageous to suggest the Bible would want teachers of our children to be underpaid...... GRRRRRRRRRRRR
May 5, 2013
Charlotte de Marigny
May 5, 2013
Jonathan Neiss
Generally, we ought to be careful using manipulative language to spin our way to a political end. But calling in God to justify our lie and manipulation?? That is the extra measure that moves an action into pure evil.
May 5, 2013
daniela laudati
May 2, 2013
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May 2, 2013
Heather Carr
Apr 28, 2013
Joanna Schiff
Apr 28, 2013
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Apr 27, 2013
terry poulson
Apr 27, 2013
Karolina Kunka
Apr 26, 2013
John Clark
Apr 24, 2013
Alice Draper
Apr 23, 2013
Stephanie Hipkin
Apr 20, 2013
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Apr 19, 2013
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Sounds like someone needs to be voted out of the office!
Apr 17, 2013
Ruth Kromer
Apr 15, 2013
Sylvain-Paul Côté
Politician should'nt get paid at all! After all they are totally useless to society and are already paid by large corporations!
Apr 15, 2013
Laura Swick
Apr 15, 2013
Ed Swick
Apr 15, 2013
Terry Swick
Apr 15, 2013
Kevin Kenger
Apr 15, 2013
Connor Macrae
Apr 14, 2013
Richard Bosboom
Apr 14, 2013
Ashley Covella
Apr 14, 2013
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Apr 14, 2013
Gilson Melo
Apr 13, 2013
Jennifer Rodriguez
Apr 13, 2013
Carolyn Gwaltney
Apr 12, 2013
MARILYN & TOM FINNELLI
Apr 10, 2013
Dolly Lakra
Apr 9, 2013
Mia Taylor
Apr 8, 2013
Daniel Cherry
As a teacher myself I would like to see more people entering the profession. To do this we have to increase the monetary value of becoming an educator.
Apr 8, 2013
Sherry Davidoff
Apr 8, 2013
Alon Kassel
Apr 7, 2013
Rex Beaver
I say, pay Senators lower so they don't make being a politician their life's work. Let's start with you. Please re-think your position. There are not enough teachers as is, if we continue to pay them slave wages, we will lose what ones we do have.
Apr 7, 2013
Olivia Cornell
Apr 7, 2013
Beth Malone
Apr 7, 2013
Joanne Ferguson
Apr 6, 2013
ffion hatherall
Apr 6, 2013
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Apr 6, 2013
Meiju Lehtiniitty
Apr 5, 2013
sarah taylor
Apr 4, 2013
Rohit Batra
Apr 3, 2013
Amanda eisenhour
