(January 22, 2016 at 6:00 pm)Aroura Wrote: No, he's right. Teachers should be MUCH more highly valued if we want a better education system. Americans too often view teachers over paid babysitters, and they treat them as such, too. Other countries do better, in part, because their societies place greater values on teachers.
I'm assuming you're talking about me (Though I'm a she)
The funny thing is: The two things aren't mutually exclusive. It's not like we can't raise the minimum wage and raise teacher salaries. People don't value education as much as they should. Education is a foundation of society. It creates the best possible opportunity for people. It's not just about teacher salaries either. Yes, you can't really attract the best and brightest teachers when you're not paying enough to live in the area. I could easily take a job up north (an hours drive) and get paid 20% more. A lot of teachers here are doing just that. Ultimately that leaves our district with leftovers. This concerns me not just as a teacher, but more importantly as a parent and as a citizen. I want my kids to have the best possible education they can. Because that creates the best possible opportunity for them to succeed. It's also about the number of teachers, though. Class sizes are growing, and there's special education teachers needed that simply aren't there. It's also hard attracting people to the profession at all because it's not an attractive job. We need more teachers, and more importantly we need more good teachers.
We have the #1 military in the world. I think it's time we have the #1 education system in the world. Maybe I'm crazy, but that's what I want to see.
The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to woman is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. - Elizabeth Cady Stanton
