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Re: [RC] re: enduring posts - sehredtI live in the real world with three real kids in three different real schools being taught by three different real teachers. They have great teachers...and none of them are destitute. They enjoy the HUGE amount of time off they have and like their jobs and do them well. They are an important part of my children's lives. My other half and I, however, are the KEY. My kids have, and always have had, quality teachers, so I assume they have an appropriate salary. There's nothing "weird" about our values in this country - this is a capitalist system (I learned that in school from underpaid teachers). When the neighborhood decides to turn out in the tens of thousands, paying hundreds of dollars each, to watch them teach, our teachers salaries will match those of pro atheletes and performers. My kids go to school to be educated. They have a home where values and such form them to be the next generation. Who do I want teaching my kids? Certainly not someone into it for the money! LOL I'll take the teachers they have and the ones they have had to date. In fact, after communicating with Cindy Collins, I'd put my kids in a class with her in a heartbeat! Passion and love trumps greed every time. :o) Scott (please contact me privately if you want to continue so we don't both get booted for being so far off topic! LOL) ---- Mary Ann Spencer <maryann.spencer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Anyone who doesn't realize the KEY role teachers have is not living in the real life part of life in this country. This discussion could be WAY off topic but it still goes that to keep quality teachers, it takes appropriate salaries. There is a HUGE disconnect with what the professional sports celebrities make and what teachers make (and many other important jobs such as police). Weird value system in this country. Parents do not have unlimited influence on their kids. It is not the same as training a young horse. Teachers are key in the formation of the next generation. To have quality teachers it will take better salaries. NOTE: some teachers are not poorly paid but there is no reason for a professional to be paid poorly simply because 'they like what they do'. Who would you rather have teaching your child- Someone who takes pride in their work and is paid properly or someone who is barely able to make ends meets and keep up the credentialling needed to maintain a high professional level. ???????mas ----- Original Message ----- From: sehredt@xxxxxxxxxxxx To: tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2005 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [RC] re: enduring posts Truman, I REALLY don't wanna pick a fight with you, and I hope you realize by now that I just can't keep my mouth shut when I disagree with something. :o) That said, I think a MAJOR problem in this country today is the feeling that teachers are the "guardians of our future." Ummmmmmmmmm that'd be us parents. Teachers are, well, teachers. I agree that their pay could be higher, but so could the pay of many professions. As in the "money" discussion that's been raging here on ridecamp, I don't know any teachers that do it for the money! They love what they do and know going into it what the payscale is. :o) Scott ---- Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Psychic income is more important that actual income. It's the reward > that stays with you - it is what makes you get out of bed in the > morning. It is also a crying shame that this country choses to pay it's > teachers - the guardians of our future - so poorly. > > To make this just a wee bit endurance related - the satisfaction from > your job is the same as you get from a ride well ridden ;-) . > > Truman > > Cindy Collins wrote: > > >...but, what if you LOVE your work and there's no money in it? That's my > >situation and I don't want to change it. I love teaching emotionally > >disturbed children, and most importantly, I'm very good at it. (my dear > >friends, please restrain yourselves from stating the obvious reasons) So, > >you can do what you love and do it well and the money doesn't necessarily > >follow and that's OK with me..that was my whole point about acceptance. > >Sorry to be off-topic again! Cindy > > > > > > > > > -- > > “It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how > smart you are. 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