Episode #8 - Motel 6 Explains Why Teachers (and Other Workers) Can’t Make Ends Meet
Oct 2, 2018 ·
4m 28s
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Today’s episode uses Motel 6 to provide a possible answer to why many teachers (and workers in general) just can’t seem to make ends meet. I have written about the...
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Today’s episode uses Motel 6 to provide a possible answer to why many teachers (and workers in general) just can’t seem to make ends meet.
I have written about the teacher pay gap in several previous blog posts but I found a new and interesting way to look at it which I think goes a long way to explaining the pay gap that many of us feel.
But what does Motel 6 have to do with it? Here is where it gets interesting. Motel 6 was founded in 1962 – and do you know why it was called Motel 6? Because it only cost $6.00 to stay at the hotel for a night. The average price in NJ to stay at Motel 6 is $63.28.
Has the price really gone up that much? Not at all. Consider this - 60 dimes from 1962 are now worth $67.20 Listen for more details...
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I have written about the teacher pay gap in several previous blog posts but I found a new and interesting way to look at it which I think goes a long way to explaining the pay gap that many of us feel.
But what does Motel 6 have to do with it? Here is where it gets interesting. Motel 6 was founded in 1962 – and do you know why it was called Motel 6? Because it only cost $6.00 to stay at the hotel for a night. The average price in NJ to stay at Motel 6 is $63.28.
Has the price really gone up that much? Not at all. Consider this - 60 dimes from 1962 are now worth $67.20 Listen for more details...
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