I work in consumer science and my panelists get paid the same about (~$120) for 8 hours of work to sit and chew gum. No stress involved, in fact they do it to de stress. Insane that education is so undervalued! Like does everything have to be become privatized so parents and community leaders can't bitch about their taxes going toward something that doesn't directly benefit them?! The whole situation is incredibly fucked and is not complicated or hard to understand. Pay people appropriately for their work and invest in future of our children.