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"Desirable" is not synonymous with "high status". It just means something someone would want to do. Plenty of competent people may look at teaching and decide t

• NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
  > "Desirable" is not synonymous with "high status". Not in the sense that it means the highest level of status. It is in the sense that it means "some (arbitrary) mid level of status". This is exactly what it means. We're not talking about physical comfort while working. It's not labor, it's indoor/office, with air conditioning. > Your arguments again higher pay can be used for any profession Yes, and they're correct for those as well. It explains quite a bit of HR buffoonery. > which is a good indication that the reasoning is flawed. But if you're doing meta-analysis to try to determine if my logic is flawed, it means you don't understand the logic itself. But that goes without saying. > If that is true for teacher pay, then why not engineers, software developers, doctors, lawyers, etc? Engineers: Supply more closely meets demand. Doctors: Supply doesn't meet demand, but there are so many other obstacles and inefficiencies no one can tell. Besides, dumbasses can't claim doctors should be paid more so that we'll get more doctors... supply is restricted by AMA and medical schools which limit the number of seats. Lawyers: Supply of good lawyers meets demand, oversupply is something they write editorial cartoons about constantly.