In general it kind of bugs me when people act like they're "oh so hard done by"- regardless of occupation. But anyway.
In my opinion, and based on my value structure, I value education a lot. It ranks probably even number 1 for me. I think a society should never sacrifice its future. Specifically, I'm referring to our government's responsibility to budget for education and I truly do wish our government did a better job (basically at everything, I really feel this government has let down Alberta- but in education primarily). I have no problem with a budget that provides heavily for education, resources, teacher's wages, etc.
When education is under-funded, you have less resources and generally don't attract the better people. I think you want to avoid a broken educational system like they have in the U.S., which is deeply divided based on how much money you make and which churns out a repulsive number of highly uneducated people who are so ignorant to the world they live in it is honestly stunning, being the wealth that the country has comparatively internationally. The fact that people like Glenn Beck can even get a tv show is a black cloud over their country. Bit of a hyperbole statement, but i'm sure you get my point.
At the end of the day, this thread I think illustrates it best- the problem is the union.
The union prevents the teachers that deserve $150K / year from making it and it protects teachers that deserve to be fired, freeing up their salary to give to the good folks. Unions are destructive, they more or less destroyed the automobile industry in America and allocate money where it doesn't need to be (like administration?). There is no motivation in guaranteed pay and a safety net like a union. I just fundamentally strongly disagree with having a union, we aren't working 19 hours a day in a black smoke factory anymore so they've essentially just turned into massive lobby-esque organizations that harbour inefficiencies.
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