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"Pupil-hour" makes no sense in a classroom environment. When you were babysitting, they didn't pay you $10/hr per kid.

• mattkrause 4y ago
  Many people did, actually. The amount of work/responsibility definitely scales with the number of kids, and it's not exactly linear either: one will color quietly, two might play together--or fight, and three or more...yikes. I mentioned the rate because it surprised me it was so close. I'd expect that it costs more to actually educate a kid, and of course, the parents provided the house (and often ice cream and HBO), whereas that rate includes everything.
  • prepend 4y ago
    If you can get a job for $10/pupil/hour for 30 kids for 7 hours a day, go for it. ($2,100 per day) I don’t think that exists. So comparing babysitting for a few rich kids to teaching full time makes no sense.
    • metadat 4y ago
      This is effectively what is being allocated to the entire education system per pupil per hour.
      • prepend 4y ago
        Not to an individual to babysit. This includes all costs to provide education.