My theory on why teachers don't get paid well...

[jussyklutz]

...so that only those who actually really wanna teach aren't lured into teaching by high wages. Who would go through all those years at uni, only to get paid an approx $4.50 an hour while having 30 screaming kids demanding attention for 5 hours a day, 40 weeks a year, parents using you as a babysitting service, school meetings, principals requesting proposals and all the while, the public think you are a lazy sod who gets paid while on school holidays and think you get weekends like everyone else???

Only those crazy enough to actually honestly want to teach...