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Originally Posted by WinnipegFan
They did outsource it to University students and it was horrible the discrepency rates were so bad that they had to remark every exam again with the teachers. The insult here was they paid the University student 100 dollars a day more than they did the teachers. However, teachers once again answered the call as it is in the best interest of students.
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lol, dude, there is no insult here. How much does a teacher get paid per day? Say they make $90K per year for their nine months of work, that would be about 195 work days, which equates to $461 per day. Plus the $100 per-day bonus. That puts the teachers at $561 per day to mark. You're telling me students were being paid $661 per day!? I highly doubt it.
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Originally Posted by WinnipegFan
The cut here happened when a decision was made arbitrarily to save money and cut at this spot particularly because there was no one there to represent the exam. Now they are hoping that the teachers will show up again in the best interest of the students. However, given the landscape of cuts to education the teachers are withdrawing there services. There are 7/10 spots filled with teachers who are worried about the kids or are new markers and this is an avenue to try and find work. It went poorly in January and it will be impossible to finish on time in June.
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They seem to have made a good decision since almost three quarters of the positions were filled at the time of the article with a month to fill the remaining three out of 10 spots.
Here's a genuine question I'd like you to answer: Is it possible the $200 per day on top of their regular salary was too high and $100 is more fair? Would you have been just as mad if it was dropped to $150? Why is $200 the magic number that makes all this fair? Is their a number that you think is fair, but is less than $200?