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70 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 20h \ on: What would you consider a fair wage to be for a teacher? AskSN
200k but I would fire 80% of teachers. Retain the best 20% and replace the rest with technology and some sort of teaching assistant or class supervisor that essentially babysits the class, makes sure kids don't kill each other etc.
In Canada we have a major problem with teacher's unions. These people don't care anything about kids or educational results. When kids score badly on standardized tests they complain about the way the tests are graded rather than fix the way they are teaching. Their primary goal seems to be to extract as much money and benefit out of the taxpayer as possible and then cry "what about the kids" when anyone suggests not giving them more money or benefits. The system is rotten.
Plus they teach down to the weakest student in the class and indoctrinate the kids with a bunch of political nonsense.
Sounds eerily similar to the US system. I remember when I was young, our teachers would scare us that the school board was going to take away our favorite electives because of money. They were literally campaigning to children si we would run home and tell mommy and daddy to save art class.
Disgusting
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Teachers college is a very common path for people who don't know what they want to do with their lives in Canada and we end up with people who are attracted to the job due to the time off and perks rather than a passion for teaching.
One of my best friends is a teacher and even he seems to have been swallowed by the machine now. He used to have so much passion for teaching and tell me all these unique ways he was trying to present lessons to students but after 15 years or so he seems to be just going through the motions like anyone else because in the public school system and within the teacher's union only seniority and showing up matters. Excellence isn't a requirement, in fact it is frowned upon because it makes the other teachers look bad.
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I wanted to be a teacher because of the time off too. It's probably better that I drive a truck.
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I've always thought I could've been a long haul truck driver in another life. I like being alone and wouldn't mind a life spent on the road. All I need is a good gaming laptop to keep me satisfied. I'm just not sure if I'd have the physical or mental stamina.
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I did long haul for a couple of years. I thought the same thing as you, but it grinds you down over time.
Too much seclusion isn't good for you, thank God I'm local and home everyday now.
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Makes sense. Yeah I think it probably sounds better than it really is... maybe good for a while but hard to live like that long term.
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Exactly. Being home for 2 days every 2 weeks is rough. It's laundry, groceries, have some beer, back to work.
It's so sad, but true.
Ever visit r/teachers on Reddit? One of the most depressing places ever, for so many reasons. I genuinely feel bad for a lot of the teachers, but then like a Pavlovian dog they've been trained to seek out Marxist solutions.
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Sane people don't use reddit. It's literally a bot farm echo chamber. Don't let it get you too depressed, it's not real life.
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