Teacher divides TikTok with \u2018pathetic\u2019 salary increase after getting her master\u2019s TIKTOK: MS.ZAKA teacher revealed that she will only receive a $3,000 salary increase after getting her master\u2019s degree, sparking debate about pay on TikTok. The middle school teacher, who posts under the handle ms.zak, shocked thousands of people in her viral video after sharing details about her salary. In the clip, which has amassed over 467,000 views, Ms. Zak revealed that her salary is expected to go from $53,000 to $56,000 per year after she finished a master\u2019s degree in Education. \u201cMy friend, who only has a bachelor\u2019s degree, makes about 30,000 dollars more than me (while working less hours),\u201d she added in text-overlay. The middle school teacher can be seen grinning with her thumb up, and she\u2019s captioned the video \u201cCOOL COOL COOL COOL COOL\u201d with hashtags like \u2018slay\u2019 and \u2018slayallday,\u2019 used sarcastically. Many people were divided on the $3,000 salary increase, which led to a debate in the comment section about fair wages. TikTok users divided on teacher\u2019s salary increase Many commenters were less than impressed with Ms. Zak\u2019s salary. One person wrote: \u201cThis is why I\u2019m not getting my master\u2019s. Bachelors of Education will have to be enough.\u201d \u201cIf teaching was a male-dominated field, the minimum pay for teachers would be at least 80K\u201d a top comment read. \u201cMine will go from 46,000 to 50,000 with my Masters after 7 YEARS in the profession\u201d a teacher commented, to which Ms. Zak responded \u201cSo disappointing!\u201d Other commenters criticized the teacher, with several pinning the blame on her following through with the degree that is notorious for being underpaid. \u201cSurely you knew this ahead of time?\u201d one viewer wrote. \u201cYour choice. Live with the consequences. You could\u2019ve chosen to do something else. ALSO you get a nice pension, insurance, summers off. Not a bad deal\u201d someone else added. In response to the comment above, Ms. Zak said in a follow-up clip, that while she chose to go into the profession, she should be \u201callowed to advocate for better working conditions and better wages.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Teacher divides TikTok with \u2018pathetic\u2019 salary increase after getting her master\u2019s TIKTOK: MS.ZAKA teacher revealed that she will only receive a $3,000 salary increase after getting her master\u2019s degree, sparking debate about pay on TikTok. The middle school teacher, who posts under the handle ms.zak, shocked thousands of people in her viral video after sharing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}