A Point About Teachers

My guess is control.

Pay them too much, and now they have too much clout and power, pay then average or just slightly above average salaries, and now this class of workers will conform to, and can be controlled.

With an average or slightly above average salary, their work is their bread-and-butter. I see it as a form of security for the students.
 
In CA, the average pay for a public school teacher is $82,746/year.
Texas' average is $53,000 - $66,000.
 

My wife was a school teacher. We never considered her salary to be sub-standard based on the number of days she worked each year. Benefits were good and her schedule was ideal for a family with children. Yes, she put in many hours outside of her regular teaching schedule, but that's the case with any professional job.
 
When I graduated from high school, there a lot of "teacher" shows on TV. So, I decided to become a teacher. In college, I loaded up on education courses. The first day of school, we had to "observe' a class. I remember walking into this mammoth high school of thousands at 3 PM. My own graduating class had 23 kids. From way down the hall, I heard some kid yell, "Hey, the rookies are here". Every prank, and "funny" thing I did to the nuns over four years, came back to me. Ain't no *******g way. By 3:10 PM, I was back at the college dumping every one of those education courses. There isn't enough money in the world. Not only do you have to deal with hormone filled kids, you have to deal with empty headed parents.
 
Tommy said:
My wife was a school teacher. We never considered her salary to be sub-standard based on the number of days she worked each year. Benefits were good and her schedule was ideal for a family with children. Yes, she put in many hours outside of her regular teaching schedule, but that's the case with any professional job.
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Beautifully said, Tommy. My daughter and son-in-law are both teachers with Master's degrees. For the amount of days worked they're compensated well, the benefits are good, they get big blocks of time off during the summer and they like the work.

I admire and respect teachers, but they're not Mother Teresas. Same with law enforcement, firefighters, health care workers and people in other professions. People do or should choose their careers because the work speaks to them and they're paid for it.

It's a fair deal.
 
There is a lot of brain washing in schools, especially in college.
You are subject to the Prof's life-view.
I was in my twenties when going to college, old enough to determine what was nonsense and what was of benefit.

Question
Any of you guys experience a Prof's 'warped.' world view which they tried to implant on their students.
Young minds have lots of space for new ideas, new ways of thinking and they lack the ability to discriminate.
There are many 'peculiar' Prof's running around the halls of our colleges/universities.
 
Out of curiosity, are US teachers in the private schools paid considerably more than those in the public schools?
 
jerry old said:
There is a lot of brain washing in schools, especially in college.
You are subject to the Prof's life-view.
I was in my twenties when going to college, old enough to determine what was nonsense and what was of benefit.

Question
Any of you guys experience a Prof's 'warped.' world view which they tried to implant on their students.
Young minds have lots of space for new ideas, new ways of thinking and they lack the ability to discriminate.
There are many 'peculiar' Prof's running around the halls of our colleges/universities.
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Absolutely, I was exposed to quite the fruit salad of professorial opinions/rants. However, given the peculiar circumstances of my upbringing, and the inevitable forcefed maturity which ensued, their influence was minimal. I was completely focused on the brass ring, a PhD in my chosen field, anything else was irrelevant. I played the game to the best of my ability. It worked. 😁
 

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