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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s also the question of what the public gets in exchange for these fat salaries, benefits, etc. The majority of public schools in DC are really terrible. [/quote]

Are teachers truly to blame for all the problems of the school system?

Do we blame doctors when patients are diagnosed with cancer? Do we blame accountants for our bad financial decisions?

Yet we blame teachers when a neglected child cannot read on grade level.

Huh. [/quote]

Ok well if teachers make no difference then you should be paid accordingly. [/quote]

Makes no sense. Teachers are doing their jobs. The system makes it so that their jobs are incredibly difficult. If the system wants better results, they can do things differently. But to slam teachers is crazy—and it’s a lazy way of thinking. It’s incredibly difficult to treat certain cancers, but doctors who have a very low survival rate in their patients still get paid well. No one would suggest they get paid according to who lives. If a bus driver is stuck in a traffic jam, would you dock their pay for not making their route on time? Pick any job/profession. Only teachers get talked about this way. It’s so disrespectful. [/quote]

Exactly. I suspect this lazy thinking is rooted in the idea that people *think* they know what teaching is like. After all, these posters sat in a classroom once. Many years ago.

Teachers know the truth, and they are performing miracles with limited resources daily. [/quote]

Yes. I mean this PP even admitted it when they said:

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How much do you think that other nonprofit professionals with 20 years of experience and a master's make, and who have similar benefits (except for the summar breaks, week at Christmas and Easter)? [b]Who also have huge drawbacks in their work (which are hard to describe, relatively, because most of us can imagine what it's like to be in a classroom)?"[/b]
I remember before I began my career as a teacher that I imagined it was like how I perceived school when I was a kid. It's about as relevant as pretending you know what it's like to be a pilot bc you've been on an airplane or that you know what it's like to be a doctor bc you saw pediatrician as a child[/quote]

People do this kind of thing with teachers ALL. THE. TIME.  Dunning-Kruger all the way. [/quote]

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