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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/Prize_Parsnip_1583 on 2026-08-19 01:38:38+00:00.

I'm getting roasted in another sub for not putting in enough effort at work. But I say I put in the same effort as you pay me for.

Have I lost the plot or have they?

I am a substitute teacher and I only get paid about 110 a day. That's well below the poverty level in my country. So in exchange for that pay they get someone who shows up everyday, stays with he kids all day, gives them thier work, helps them if they have questions, roams around the room from time to time, and leaves when the kids leave.

If they wanted someone to act like a real teacher I'd expect way more pay and benefits.

But they seem to think that because the job is laudable and the "children are our future" that I should be dokng my best efforts every day regardless of what I'm paid.

I told them that they'd never expect an untrained uneducated nurse to do the work for a real nurse for 1/2 the pay would they?

Why is it that teaching were expected to do the job 100% even if we're only paid for 1/2 %?

Am I wrong?