Quote:
Originally Posted by driveway
A major issue teachers and the education system face is that everyone thinks they understand how education works because they went to school, which is more-or-less the same thing as thinking you know how the economy works because you have money.
|
I don't really get how understanding or not "understanding how the education system works" is even that relevant when you have somebody come in and say that time off is not a perk.
Recall that my original dispute was regarding the ridiculousness of the assertion. Spurs has done a good job pointing out that there are varying degrees of how good a benefit can be, and they're totally right and that stance is way more reasonable than outright saying it is not a perk.
Further, similar to your point about how nobody understands what educators have to deal with is equal and equivalent to their lack of understanding about what 99% of the population deals with in other jobs.
My main issue with teachers (personally, my opinion) is that they seem to effectively play the victim card non-stop. As if they are this crazy hard-done-by profession that nobody will or can ever understand. But do they understand what most jobs entail? How can they criticize others for "not understanding what they deal with" when likewise they don't empathize for other careers? And in the end, it's kind of a weird discussion altogether. Different jobs are different. News at 11. If it's so ####ing good, go be a teacher. If it's so ####ing bad, quit and join the private sector. But let me tell you... you'll miss those 11 weeks off. I guarantee it.