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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do teachers not know what the median salary when they go into the profession?  Civil jobs in this country do not pay a lot. Police, nurse, teacher, firefighter, EMT etc... do not make a lot. They are supposed to recruit for people that are passionate about the job.  Jobs like lawyers and doctors recruit money hungry people. I certainly would NOT want those type of people teaching my kid. That said, there is not a huge need for teachers and crappy ones that name it thru a few years never get fired. It sucks. [/quote]

This is such an ignorant comment that it's almost not worth a response. So now doctors and lawyers are money-hungry?  That is absurd. The majority of teachers go into teaching because they love children and want to make a difference (just as, presumably, doctors go into medicine to help people, etc.) This doesn't mean teachers don't deserve fair pay.  What's wrong with wanting to change the system and work to improve it? Stop pointing fingers at us.  Blame your congressmen who won't allow more funding to go toward public education.   By the way, every job you list above does not require the same level of education (not to mention student loans) that teaching requires (bachelor's and a masters), so it is ridiculous to put them in the same category.  Also, there IS a huge need for teachers in math, science, and special Ed.  The "crappy" teachers who aren't fired due to tenure is such a small fraction of the problem, that has been highlighted by politicians and big business as a credible way to champion for-profit, community-dividing charter schools that don't have to play by the same rules as public schools who accept EVERYBODY. It's blatantly obvious to those of us who are actually in the classroom every day, what could be done to fix the problems. But we're just a bunch of civil servents as you say, so what does our opinion matter anyway? [/quote]

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