Quote (Caedus @ Oct 20 2014 09:38am)
My condolences. I feel sorry for anyone who wants to be a teacher in the USA. A life of poor pay, no respect, and long hours isn't a very good one.
i respect any teacher that goes into the field knowing and accepting that "i will get paid very little, but this is what I want to do".
I think if they paid more, like canada, they could attract much better candidates for teaching positions. The problem currently is that the people currently working, a lot of whom are barely qualified to work at a quick-e-mart want to get said higher wage.
I think the only way forward in that area, regarding higher (and I mean 200%+ gains, you need bout 70-90k to get the interest of someone capable of making 150-200k, but would really like to teach) would be to start seeking people for that wage, but not raising current teachers. Current teachers are then allowed to "reapply" to see if they qualify, then eventually, weed all the bad apples out until you have nothing but highly qualified teachers, making an honest living. Of course I'm sure people would lose their minds about hating childen, racism, and other bullshit before anything like that was allowed to take place.