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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you think being a teacher is so great, come and do it. We have tons of openings. Surely there’s no good reason we’re all quitting.[/quote]

The other classic retort - "you should just be a teacher."  Absolutely minimizing that anyone who highlights the benefits of being a teacher may actually be in public service themselves.  Social workers, public health workers, prosecutors, sanitation workers, public defenders, et al.

So, are teachers quitting over pay or something else?  If it is pay, what hourly rate would it take?  If it is "something else" - what is that?

The response to highlighting the hourly rate of pay has been puzzling - how is it an "attack on teachers" to highlight a rate of pay commensurate to other public service career fields.[/quote]

The fact that social workers, prosecutors, and public defenders are underpaid doesn't mean that teachers are therefore overpaid. That you don't see the logical fallacy in your argument is astounding. [/quote]

Many are underpaid - this is not a teacher-specific problem and the point of the post.  I never implied that teachers were overpaid - just that pay was similar to or possibly more than other educated public servants do jobs also beneficial to society.  Nevertheless, the market demand for teachers may change this.  Fair enough.

A 4 day school week may be the answer, but what a way to force women out of the labor market.  I guess it would incentivize teaching for those women, so it may just be a panacea.  [/quote]

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