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So the economy is an excuse? If that's the case then, once again, everyone has the same excuse for a lack of professionalism.
by swasheck 15y ago
So the economy is an excuse? If that's the case then, once again, everyone has the same excuse for a lack of professionalism.
- techiferous 15y agoNot really. Teachers aren't paid well enough compared to other professions, so the opportunity cost is high. My point about the economy is that you want the market forces to encourage intelligent people to become teachers. Otherwise, you can get into a dangerous positive feedback loop of uneducated people teaching the next generation. If you make teaching a lousy job by underpaying teachers and treating them poorly, then why would intelligent people who have other career opportunities stick around?
- AlexandrB 15y agoThe economic value we place on teaching as a profession is too low to attract and retain (in the face of job stress) the kind of talent we might want. As a result schools, as institutions, suffer from a variety of the dead sea effect (http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-dead-sea-effect/ http://brucefwebster.com/2008/04/11/the-wetware-crisis-the-d...). The most qualified teachers can get other jobs that pay better. If their lives are made miserable by dealing with irate parents, school bureaucracy and lawsuits, why would they stay?
- lucisferre 15y agoHonestly, not really sure how you could have missed his point by so much.