True, so they are doing it out of at least an initial love for the idea of teaching.quote:Originally posted by Southern Patriot:quote:Originally posted by EdEKit:Unless it is the only job available.quote:Originally posted by Fighting Illini:
Well, to a certain extent, I agree with the employers. If I am hiring someone to build a widget for me, all I care about is their ability to follow instructions and work hard. I don't want them questioning things. That's what their bosses get paid for. People who have the education and desire to question and use their minds are not maximizing their potential by working in a job where mostly physical labor is desired.
School Teachers don't come close to maximizing their earning potential. The educational investment of a school teacher is equal to the investment of an accountant. The earning potential is not.
The teacher chose their profession knowing what their earning potential was.
I do this forum FOR FREE, I can't complain that it does not pay me. Public School Teachers are paid from tax funds. As a taxpayer I have a right to expect quality work from them. As providers of quality work, they have a right to expect quality wages. Thousands of people leave the teaching field for other pursuits. Only a very small percentage of them leave for reasons of incompetence. Most of them leave for BETTER PAYING JOBS.
The rare, truly dedicated teacher stays in spite of the wages. The exceptional teacher not only stays but does extra, unpaid teaching. I know of a couple of them, High School Spanish teachers who teach, for no pay, English to immigrant Mexicans. They are sponsored by a Unitarian Congregation. The congregation pays the rent on a classroom at an Iglesia de Christiano Primero. The teachers are not paid. If there were fifty more, and 20 more classrooms, they would still not meet the demand for English Lessons. I learned of them when one of their students told me of the program. It is not touted aloud from the roof tops. Some people, in a small town in Southeastern Arizona threatened to have their volunteer teacher fired for MISUSING SCHOOL FUNDS. They said her salary was being used to support her volunteer work. At least that's what Ysidero said, if his comment was properly translated by the the graduate of the Program at La Iglesia de Christiano Primero. (I may have the church name slightly wrong, It is a congregation of the First Christian Church that serves Spanish speakers.)