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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I think people give me this space because they don't think they could be a doctor. I think no one bothered when I was a teacher because they felt any idiot could teach.[/quote]

1. The bar for entry is different for doctors and teachers. I'm an advocate for paying teachers more but not paying the entire existing crop of teachers more. Teaching attracts people with the lowest SAT and IQ scores, draws from lower tiered universities, and an education major is on par with basket weaving in terms of level of difficulty. This doesn't mean that there are not fantastic teachers despite all this but it does mean that the current working pool is lower educated, skilled and has less aptitude.

2. Many people have choice in selecting and returning to a doctor than selecting and returning to a school. Every parent with kids in public school knows that their kids will have good teachers and terrible teachers. Its REALLY hard to get through those years when an idiot is running the class. Schools do nothing despite having full knowledge that an idiot is running this class. This frustrates other teachers and parents. [/quote]

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