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Quixote1818

(28,929 posts) Sat Oct 25, 2014, 08:27 PM Oct 2014

If Teachers Were Football Players

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If Teachers Were Football Players (Original Post) Quixote1818 Oct 2014 OP

Nurses, librarians, and public school teachers are my heroes! RufusTFirefly Oct 2014 #1

Me too shenmue Oct 2014 #2

If Teachers Were Paid Like Football Players. tecelote Oct 2014 #3

I agree. It's the free market and the free market often has backwards prorities Quixote1818 Oct 2014 #4

RufusTFirefly

(8,812 posts)

1. Nurses, librarians, and public school teachers are my heroes!

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 08:50 PM

Oct 2014

Take that, Arne Duncan!

shenmue

(38,506 posts)

2. Me too

Reply to RufusTFirefly (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 08:57 PM

Oct 2014

tecelote

(5,122 posts)

3. If Teachers Were Paid Like Football Players.

Reply to Quixote1818 (Original post)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 08:59 PM

Oct 2014

The competition would be outrageous. Only the best would survive the cut.

Instead... "if you can't do, teach."

Imagine our world if teachers and the police were paid like football players.

'Says something about our priorities.

Quixote1818

(28,929 posts)

4. I agree. It's the free market and the free market often has backwards prorities

Reply to tecelote (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 25, 2014, 09:22 PM

Oct 2014

Countries like Finland chose to pay Teachers more and of course because they are valued more by the Gov. the public values teachers at the same level of Doctors and Lawyers.

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