Are you sick of highly paid teachers? Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit! We can get that for less than minimum wage. That's right. Let's give them £5.93 an hour and only the hours they work; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or......... after..... school. That would be £41.51 a day (8.00 am to 3:30 PM with 60 min. off for lunch and play -- that equals 7.5 hours). Each parent could pay £41.51 a day for these teachers to babysit their children. Now how many children do they teach in a day...32? So that's £41.51 x 32 = £1328.32 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any holidays . LET'S SEE.... That's £1328.32 X 180= £239,097.60 per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries). Wait a minute -- there's something wrong here! There sure is! The average teacher's salary (nationwide) is £25,000.00/ 180 days = £138.90 per day/ 32 children = £4.34 / 7.5 hours = £0.58 per hour per student--a very inexpensive babysitter and they even EDUCATE your kids! WHAT A DEAL!!!!