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[quote=Anonymous]My wife is a teacher and I work in law enforcement (another profession that has generous pension benefits but doesn't seem to catch the anti-union glare teachers do -- because we're mostly men, I guess).

Between the two of us, her job is a million times easier. While I do have a slightly greater risk in terms of danger (and it's slight being a detective statistically isn't terribly dangerous), my wife's life and job is just harder. She spends hours preparing that she isn't compensated for -- as an LEO, I can guarantee it's very rare to be expected to handle duties without compensation (like back to school night or other after hours duties. She doesn't get paid for these things.

She also is held accountable in a way, quite frankly, I am not. No one is looking through my files to determine a ratio of successfully closed cases. There are no consultants or audits or accountability measures. My wife has tons and spends a lot of time stressing over achievement gaps. I have no such concerns about urban crime. I am not responsible for whether or not crime increases or decreases.

I absolutely view the teacher bashing to be an inherently sexist issue. The industry is not only overwhelming historically female, it's still heavily populated with women (unlike law enforcement).

While I hear constantly "I'd be fired if we don't improve profits blah blah," I absolutely do not think any position that is serving society and all of society's ills (like law enforcement and medicine) should be expected to maintain the same mentality. It's just not possible and from a standpoint of wanting good people to enter and stay in the field, I don't think it's a good thing.

Unless we want to privatize education. I expect the next push will be privatizing law enforcement (they are already doing prisons). With that, we're all screwed.[/quote]

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