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Exactly - the talent is out there, but the most frightening thing for the teacher's union is opening the door to second career professionals who are "over qualified" and motivated by a passion to teach more than a desire to make money.[/quote]

I agree. There's nothing worse than a person who works for pay.

No, wait...[/quote]

Agreed.  In every single other career, it's expected that people work to make money.  Some like their jobs, but the general consensus is that getting paid is their primary motivation to be there.

Why is teaching any different? [/quote]

Apparently teaching is a volunteer position in some peoples' minds. We should be there solely because we have a passion to teach. Getting a chance to form young minds is payment enough. 
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New poster. All of you are barking at a straw man argument. The first PP did not say teaching is a volunteer position, and neither did anyone else. This is part of what I hate about discussions involving reform to anything in the teaching professions -- the side opposing reform always awfulizes and distorts the proposals to suggest they will destroy the whole system. I see this all the time in the comments from teachers that Valarie Strauss posts at WaPo. I think the anti-reform side would do better if it could argue against the actual proposal offered, and not some exaggerated boogeyman. [/quote]

The PP said that teachers unions are "frightened" by people who teach because its their passion, not because they want to make money.  As if there is something wrong with a teacher who does it to make money.[/quote]

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