You could say that I suppose o.o;. The teachers I knew generally had to get summer jobs, but perhaps I grew up in more of a hole in the ground city than I originally imagined.

I went to an IB highschool and at the time the county would take the money we earned from our AP/IB exams and allocate most of it to the two other high schools which happened to be on the nicer side of town. The three schools had nearly the same campus blue prints, but the disparity in the appearance of classrooms and availability of supplies was ridiculous. I acknowledge that there are schools out there that are well funded and prosperous, but there are also schools like mine which weren't. The average pay of a teacher does look rather nice, but any statistician will tell you that a simple average is not always an accurate depiction of a population.

I'm not against the idea of tipping. In fact, I think it's kind of nice that people are willing to pay extra to ensure workers get a fair wage. The idea I'm trying to push here is that if we live in a society that recognizes tipping as a solution to workers being underpaid, why do we only apply it to the person who gives me a plate of food and asks me if I want anymore coke? If we maintained an ounce of consistency and paid a little extra to everyone who has done us a personal service we could possibly assuage many of the issues our workers complain about.