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In this letter, I will be addressing women and men in the education field, also how men get paid higher wages than women. Additionally will compare the United stated to the United Kingdom. I will compare both countries because, I would like to see how the United Kingdom provides their teachers with a decent amount of money. I am also comparing these two countries because I want to see the difference between how much the U.K pays their teachers and how much the U.S pays the teachers with starting salaries for middle school.

To the Noble Dick Durbin,

My initials are AK, I am 14 years of age, and I attend Global Citizenship high school, I am writing this letter to you today because my class is working on a unit discussing gender equality. For this assignment I chose gender inequality in the education field. This target indicates target Indicator 3.2: Share of women in wage employment in the non-agricultural sector.I wanted to find out why males get paid higher wages than women. We also compared the United states to the country of our choice. I chose The United Kingdom preferably because I knew that they receive quality education. What I am trying plead to you is that the U.S needs to start paying both genders equally for the same job they preform. Men and women are two different kinds yet they both can perform the same tasks.

Furthermore I had to research the amount of females and males, that are in the education field, also I researched the amount males and females being a middle school teacher. According to, Media Weekly, male teachers in the U.S. make $1,128 a week, while women make, $921 per week. This is a $207 dollar difference, I would like to know why women can't make $200 dollars more as men do?

I think this is mostly due to favoritism. This refers back to the time when men only had the right to do things such as; vote,join the army,and have access education. I underline education because women did not get the right to go to school, yet they are successful teachers today! I believe that female teachers in the US deserve more pay because females tend to need much more money than males. Females have to support themselves and potentially kids they may have.

According to pay-scale (payscale.com) it states that starting teachers in the U.S make about $30,103 a year. While in the U.K a beginning kindergarten teachers makes about ,£21,804 pounds, ($35,327) a year. As for the U.S this source confirms my hypothesis stating the U.K had quality education. I consider the US as a great country full of significant opportunities but, we need to know where to put our money; education, health etc.

realistically there are more women working in middle schools than men. That is why I do not understand why males get paid higher wages.

The United Kingdom is achieving the MDG for equality by passing an equality act in 2010 stating; It “legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society.It replaced previous anti-discrimination laws with a single Act, making the law easier to understand and strengthening protection in some situations. It sets out the different ways in which it’s unlawful to treat someone”. (gov.uk) . This equality act shows that it is illegal to discriminate any gender/kind in the workplace favoritism or not . This may be a reason teachers get paid a higher salary in the United Kingdom, because they do not favor any variety, it is mostly based of of what you are experienced with.

The picture below shows a graph of The United states salaries and the United Kingdoms salary. It states that the United Kingdom makes more money starting out for a middle school teacher, than here in the U.S. This comes to show that the U.K. gets paid higher no matter what gender the teachers are. Unlike the United States.

In conclusion, I think women and men should get the equivalent amount of money for the same job they perform, some people believe that it is favoritism between men and women (including me) but I think its just has to be equal. If men and women have the opportunity to benefit from the same amount they earn it would not be a problem. Thank you for reading my letter, if you have any questions do not hesitate to call.

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Thank you for reading my letter sincerely, AK.

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AK, GCE 2013

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Citation:

Media Weekly. bls.gov. Oct.1.13. This website tells us the average amount teachers make per week

laries for teachers.

payscale.com middle school teacher salry. Web. Oct. 2. 2013. This website tells us how much new U.S teachers make per year.

education.gov Department of education. Web. Oct. 2. 2013. This site tells me how much beginning teachers make in the United Kingdom. It also tells me how much they make as they become more advanced in their field.

.gov.uk  Goverment of the U.K. Web. Oct.8.2013.This website gives me information on how the U.K. has enforced a law which it is illegal to discriminate in the workforce.