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I don’t know if this attitude is a cause or an effect of the failures in the American education system. In many other countries, especially in Asia, teachers ar
by qzw 6y ago
I don’t know if this attitude is a cause or an effect of the failures in the American education system. In many other countries, especially in Asia, teachers are respected if not outright revered. Their status is often comparable to medical doctors and other professional classes. So people who choose to teach are not seen as unfit to engage in other endeavors. But in America there’s this undercurrent of contempt for those who would choose to teach. It just seems like a rather self-defeating attitude for a society to have, especially in a world where knowledge is the ultimate competitive advantage. It seems like our current anti-science, pro-ignorance culture is more or less an inevitable outcome of such an attitude.
- antisthenes 6y agoThe attitude is the outcome of the ignorance culture, not the other way around.
- bazooka_penguin 6y agoDoctors in the US make 2 to 3x what doctors in Asia make so thats not a good comparison. American schools are some of the best funded in the world so I'm not sure where the stereotype that teachers aren't appreciated enough comes from
- toomuchtodo 6y agoDoctors in the US are unnecessarily overpaid and supply is artificially constrained. Their station in the US should not be considered a litmus test compared to other nations and their healthcare systems.
- esyir 6y agoI'm not sure which part of Asia you're in. Respected, perhaps. Not nearly on the same level as a doctor /lawyer /engineer, social status wise, but not horrible. Revered? I don't think I've seen this where I am. Do note that I'm fitting this to pre university, though the constraints are relaxed a bit once you bring in the higher statused tenured profs.