Are Entertainers More Valuable than Teachers?

I bumped into my old high school teacher earlier today and was disheartened by the news that like most public school employees, she is having a difficult time making ends meet in these hard times.

Then I remembered reading about Wowowee emcee Willie Revillame making at least P700,000 per day - that's per day. That's an insane amount by any standards - even American standards. With her salary now, my former teacher will have to work at least 20 years just to come close to what the guy earns in a day.

I don't have anything personal against Mr. Revillame. For all I know, he deserves the whole amount from ABS-CBN's financial perspective. But when public school teachers are paid such lowly wages and entertainers compensated so dearly, something must be terribly wrong with our society. After all, public school teachers are the ones responsible for shaping our youth, and therefore our country's future. There is something to said about our country's priority if they are paid such lowly wages, and therefore, deemed dispensable.