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Yes, public school teachers are grossly underpaid. They should also make $170k. They each add more value to society than the average FAANG engineer.

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This is the most correct post that’s ever been on this website.

Unfortunately, the value to society is not the main factor in compensation. If the incentives were to be aligned that way, we'd live in a very different world.

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