This is hillarious

(from a letter to the editor of a newspaper)

"Teachers are paid too much! I'm fed up with teachers and their hefty salaries for only nine months' work. What we need here is a little perspective.

If I had my way, I'd pay teachers babysitting wages. That's right --instead of paying the outrageous taxes that go towards teaching salaries, I'd give them $3.00 an hour.

And I'm only going to pay them for their five hours' classroom time, not planning time. That would be $15.00 a day. Each parent should pay $15.00 a day for these teachers to babysit their children. Even if they have more than one child, it's still cheaper than private daycare.

Now, how many children do they teach a day -- maybe twenty? That's $15.00 x 20 = $300.00 a day. But remember, they only work 180 days a year! I'm not going to pay them for any vacation time: $300 x 180 = $54,000. (Just a minute, my calculator must need batteries.)

What will teachers say about those who have ten years of experience and a master's degree? Well, maybe -- just to be fair -- they could get the minimum wage. We can round that off to about $6.00 an hour, times five hours, times twenty children.

$6.00 x 5 x 20. That's $600 a day times 180 days, or $108,000.

Wait a minute . . . there's something wrong here . . ."