ITs not a matter of fair, its a matter of what we want to pay a public servant. Or to change it around, its a matter of whats fair to the tax payer.
Basketball players direct create monetary value, and they get a share of the value they create.
Teachers, unless they are part of a private school, exist off part of the incomes of other people.
As far as masters and Ph.D., I am not sure they have that much to do with teaching. A person's Doctorate in quantum physics is unlikely to directly make them better able to teach 3rd grade math.
Even higher degrees in eduation in general seem unlikely to translate to greated efficacy in the classroom versus the amount of time and money the teacher has to outlay.
Especially given that teaching heavily uses a people-centered skills set. Direct interpersonal communication.
A superlative salesperson would likely make an excellent teacher because of superlative people skills.
The proliferation of higher degrees in education is response to the artifical market. There are is a tremendous amount of people going to school for teaching. Requiring amasters operates as a barier to entry and provides a way to rate people in a non-competitive system for salary rewards.
Think, in a normal system sheer excellence would be rewarded with better pay. In artifical systems like teaching, seniority and "Ticket punching," such as taking more credits, is what is awarded.
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Originally posted by CarolinaDG
That's not what makes me mad. What makes me mad is that people seem to think that a teacher with a masters should be making much less than someone else with a masters. That's insane. Or that a teacher with a bachelors should be making $17,000. That also is insane.
And I said it SEEMS unfair that basketball players make that much. I understand WHY it is.
And I don't know how many Wachovia bankers you know, but I know a lot since I'm from Charlotte. And trust me, they're FINE on money. And they earn every penny of it, too.
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