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“It’s a more boring place now, and they see their friends finding exciting opportunities,” Ms. Pollak said. So in other words, this is a healthy thing. If peop

“It’s a more boring place now, and they see their friends finding exciting opportunities,” Ms. Pollak said. So in other words, this is a healthy thing. If people are bored being teachers and they quit, that should be celebrated.

yourbandsucks 8y ago
No way. Teaching is really, really important for society. And we've made it low-status, because we are morons. If it were higher-status, you'd see fewer people being 'bored' and seeing the 'excitement' elsewhere. The fact that we've screwed this up should not be celebrated.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  Pay more and treat teachers better. Market forces at work.
  - potbelly83 8y ago
    Depends where. In Westchester/Nassau counties (bordering NYC) teachers get a pretty sweet deal.
    - throwawaymath 8y ago
      It is extraordinarily difficult to move from a relatively low paying teaching job (such as in the NYC DOE) to a high paying job in Westchester. There is far, far more labor supply than there is demand. If you don't get in when you're young (and therefore cheap), it's most likely not going to happen. When I was growing up my father worked in an "elite" Westchester private school and my mother worked in the NYC DOE. The job fulfillment, administrative support and overall ease of working was like night and day between them.
  - robertAngst 8y ago
    My worst teacher bragged about how great of a teacher she was, and that she rightfully deserved 120k/yr. She had a PhD, Masters, etc... She would teach 2/5 days a week, and tell us to read the text book the other 3/5 days. And her answer to anything libertarian was- That's fine, you can just build your own road, and put out your own fire. Looking back on it, and believing her overly simplistic answers, I think a youtuber could have done a better job.
- allcentury 8y ago
  In Germany, being a teacher is the best job you can have.
  - barry-cotter 8y ago
    Any evidence for that? I lived for a year in Germany and I certainly never got that impression. They’re expected to teach, not act as social workers or counsellors but that’s within the bounds of normal in the US where you’re from too, right?
danso 8y ago
It’s a sign of a healthy economy and strong job market, which the article states. It’s not necessarily healthy for the education system, especially if increased government funding isn’t available (despite increased revenue from a good economy) to boost incentives to work in education.

yourbandsucks 8y ago

No way. Teaching is really, really important for society. And we've made it low-status, because we are morons. If it were higher-status, you'd see fewer people being 'bored' and seeing the 'excitement' elsewhere. The fact that we've screwed this up should not be celebrated.

toomuchtodo 8y ago
Pay more and treat teachers better. Market forces at work.
- potbelly83 8y ago
  Depends where. In Westchester/Nassau counties (bordering NYC) teachers get a pretty sweet deal.
  - throwawaymath 8y ago
    It is extraordinarily difficult to move from a relatively low paying teaching job (such as in the NYC DOE) to a high paying job in Westchester. There is far, far more labor supply than there is demand. If you don't get in when you're young (and therefore cheap), it's most likely not going to happen. When I was growing up my father worked in an "elite" Westchester private school and my mother worked in the NYC DOE. The job fulfillment, administrative support and overall ease of working was like night and day between them.
- robertAngst 8y ago
  My worst teacher bragged about how great of a teacher she was, and that she rightfully deserved 120k/yr. She had a PhD, Masters, etc... She would teach 2/5 days a week, and tell us to read the text book the other 3/5 days. And her answer to anything libertarian was- That's fine, you can just build your own road, and put out your own fire. Looking back on it, and believing her overly simplistic answers, I think a youtuber could have done a better job.
allcentury 8y ago
In Germany, being a teacher is the best job you can have.
- barry-cotter 8y ago
  Any evidence for that? I lived for a year in Germany and I certainly never got that impression. They’re expected to teach, not act as social workers or counsellors but that’s within the bounds of normal in the US where you’re from too, right?

danso 8y ago

It’s a sign of a healthy economy and strong job market, which the article states. It’s not necessarily healthy for the education system, especially if increased government funding isn’t available (despite increased revenue from a good economy) to boost incentives to work in education.