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Originally posted by ASUADPi
I don't feel the government is caring for it's own, you do. That's fine, it's your opinion.
But from my perspective, as a teacher (plumbers make more than I do. I am at the bottom of the barrel), the government hasn't done crap for me except make my job 10 times harder than it needs to be, force me to continue my education (to keep my certificate) and not pay for this "continuing education" or let it count towards a pay raise. So no, I don't think the government has done a damn thing for me or my students.
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Here's the thing, though - I can see where you're coming from here. I just don't think it's at all related to unemployment.
There are literally dozens of areas you've made valid points, but using unemployment statistics really isn't one of them, from my end.
I do feel for teachers, in many ways - while many people are forced to pay for continuing education (attorneys pay out the ass for CLE, often) to stay certified, many make more than teachers. I'm not sure I know the solution, though - it's obviously partly supply and demand . . . around here, the 'better' teaching jobs often get hundreds of applicants for a single position. It's also difficult to say where the money should come from - is it the Federal Gov't's job to pay teachers, who are not Federal employees? I don't really know . . . I'm fairly sure, though, that you can't just take the dollars going to Iraq and give them to teachers - but perhaps I'm wrong.
So yeah - I feel where you're coming from, but I don't have any clue where to even start. Any suggestions?