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In reply to the discussion: I have considered teaching, but... [View all]el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)1. I agree
It's interesting - most people when you talk about raising pay for teachers, particularly professors, the response is something along the line of those people chose that life - they wanted to do that - so the work should be it's own reward. We don't need to pay them a living wage because they don't expect it and are paid in other ways.
But we wouldn't really say that about police officers or firemen. I don't think cops are overpaid per se, but they generally do have strong unions that don't take any crap.
Seems like college professors deserve the same thing.
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Yes, I was summarily put on the iggy list when I dared point out that there were
SlimJimmy
Sep 2013
#22
What a lot of people don't know about are the ongoing education obligations teachers have to do
JCMach1
Sep 2013
#11
I assume you will be looking to teach a course in Journalism. I hope it goes well, since you have
madinmaryland
Sep 2013
#51
Then what are you going to teach??? You need a masters at a minimum to teach anything at a college
madinmaryland
Sep 2013
#55