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He's getting paid hourly and has already put in 55 free hours to teach the course properly. How many more free hours do you expect from him? I think the email h
by joesmo 12y ago
He's getting paid hourly and has already put in 55 free hours to teach the course properly. How many more free hours do you expect from him? I think the email he sent the students is spot on. Perhaps if they're distressed enough, they will put pressure on the university to pay their teachers what they're worth.
Yes, he might be "part of the problem" but it's not like he can choose not to be without starving. Nor can other professors. Perhaps with union help, but they don't seem to help. I don't see how blame slinging helps here at all.
- a3n 12y agoIndeed. My ex-wife is a high school teacher, and it's incredible to me how many hours she has to put in outside of class, at an already low-on-paper rate. And then she cobbles together more teaching at area colleges. It's shameful. But I'm sure we'll get the educated populace that that rate will deserve.
- peteretep 12y agoMy wife is also a teacher. That she puts in hours outside of class seems like a pretty good deal considering the almost 15 weeks of holidays she gets a year. Like every other teacher I know, she could be earning a lot more (with much less holiday) in any number of white collar professions.
- pkaye 12y agoHow many weeks of the year does she work as a high school teacher?
- a3n 12y agoThe high school year. Then she increases her college contract work during the summer.
- hcayless 12y agoEven more than that, the class was a contract job and it's over. How much free work is it reasonable to do for a client after the job is finished and you're no longer being paid?