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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here’s the thing, we have devalued all the caring professions and taken for granted that good and decent people will always step up to do them because they are good and decent and it is finally catching up with us. Teachers, nurses, daycare workers, social workers, all exceedingly important roles in our society that we just crap on and incidentally, jobs done primarily by women. The truth is, we can pay now or we can pay later, but we’re gonna pay. You can either pay for the foundation of a whole and healthy society that produces educated, strong citizens or you can pay for drug treatment and prison. Your choice. [/quote]
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I agree with this and think that the current generation coming of age just isn’t of the mindset that they want to do jobs like this just because they are important and someone has to.  I[/i] don’t know how to change that.
I would say most of our McPS teachers have been really good and are really trying, despite the known issues with the curriculum that makes it really hard for them.  Where we e seen issues with teacher competence is mostly in the high skilled topics like math, computer science, foreign language.  We’ve had some really good teachers there but also some that were totally out of their depth and/or seem to have given up.  But that’s not really surprising (at least for math and tech) because there are so many better options in those fields.  [/quote]
DP
People work jobs to be compensated. Hopefully they also find them rewarding. But to suggest people should do a job simply because "someone has to" is an excuse for exploitation. I am glad today's young people are not buying into that. [/quote]

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