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Originally Posted by peter12
As I said, 54k starting is a heck of a good wage, no matter how you want to spin it. Not to mention a very good benefits package. Teachers aren't starving.
Actually you couldn't be more wrong. I've been intending to go into education as soon as I finish my master's degree and as you have demonstrated, I will be taking a substantial pay decrease. As I've stated many times in this thread, I love teaching and I think when done properly it must be one of the most rewarding professions out there.
My main complaint is with the sense of entitlement coupled with the complete lack of professional standards that some teachers have. As I've said, it's such an important job, we need to have very high standards with which to judge it.
DESS may be a little insane in a lot of his arguments, but the heart of it is still very valid. Teachers do make a good wage, going above and beyond is mainly optional, and there is no framework of incentives to reward superb teaching.
Bad and good teachers are lumped together. I can honestly say that I have had some awful teachers who are responsible for some tough times in my life. They hold an almost deity-like grasp of control over your life for an important period of time. It is right that we should look a bit cynically on the bad apples.
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You could make this argument for any public service agency and most upper management in any corprate company.
You can make the same arguement for doctors, public servants, politicians, I mean honestly, WTF is the deal with bashing on teachers, simply because they are an easy target?
Get your facts straight. Lump one group into this category you can lump them all into it.