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> Or it's paid propaganda by whoever I was curious about the site's owner (American Enterprise Institute) and looked them up on Wikipedia to give me context fo
by shaggyfrog 7y ago
> Or it's paid propaganda by whoever
I was curious about the site's owner (American Enterprise Institute) and looked them up on Wikipedia to give me context for reading the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute
Half my family are teachers, at least. They spent a huge amount of time outside of a "standard" 40-hour work week preparing lessons, grading, etc. It's a tough profession if you don't love it.
- Florin_Andrei 7y agoROTFL I knew it. The "article" is 100% propaganda.
- tptacek 7y agoI don't doubt it's a tough profession, but I have trouble squaring how unattractive it is with stats like the small percentage of applicants the Chicago Public School system actually hires, compared to their very large pool of applicants.
- shaggyfrog 7y agoI can't be sure, of course, but perhaps more teachers are trained every year than are capable of being employed (due to policy or whatever else). Perhaps Chicago is seen as a more desirous place to live and work than other places. Perhaps the Chicago Public School system has a good reputation or good policies and many people want to work for them. What possibilities have you considered?