Back in the pre-9/11 days in the 90s, when I lived in the greatest city in the greatest state, Pvovidence, Vo Dilun, the heart of the Big Little, there was a a brief mini-scandal. The airport security screeners were being paid minimum wage. Responses to this scandal were pretty predictable. Conservatives pointed out it was an easy job (true, in some sense) so why the fuck should we pay them any money. Liberals pointed out it was rather an important job, and even if it didn't require people to be super-skilled, it required them to maybe, just maybe, give a shit. Anyway, don't quite remember how it was finally resolved.
But this little story brings me to my real point: teachers. I don't have kids. Not likely to. But if I did have kids, and was a helicopter parent as is apparently the current style, I think I'd probably want the people who watched over my kids 6.5 hours per day, 5 days per week, to be paid gazillions at a minimum?
