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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In addition to the above comments, it’s what they’re trained to do...it’s what they know and are presumably good at. What do you propose they do instead when their degree is in teaching?[/quote]
That’s fine. But:

Why go to school to become a teacher when it’s common knowledge they are an underpaid profession? And then complain constantly.

If it is such a passion, then don’t complain.

Is this not true? I mean, sure teachers should make more, I agree, but they’ve been complaining about it since I was in school 20 years ago. Nothing has changed so the complaining has been for nothing. Tax payers don’t want to pay more.

So either be a teacher because it’s a passion, fully knowing you’ll be underpaid, or stop complaining. [/quote]

short-sighted and ignorant all wrapped up into one poster . . .

There's a teacher shortage.  We lost one during preservice and one the first week of school.   At a friend's school, there are two who won't be renewed b/c the principal doesn't understand mentoring/coaching of new teachers.

All of that aside, the system LOVES short-lived teachers b/c "it" can hire young teachers, pay them less, and not have to invest in long-term benefits (health and retirement). In the meantime, our kids are being taught that the test is the end all. They can't think critically, as many  blatantly demonstrate on these threads, and they graduate with low skills b/c the system forces teachers to pass them along.

Why would you blame teachers when the SYSTEM fails them?  Teachers speak up and guess what?  They're labeled whiners - or . . . they're told to quit.

b/c it's really 
just
that
easy

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