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A couple of things after reading through this thread.
I don't see anywhere where Rudey has said that teachers are bad people, that teaching isn't a worthwhile profession, etc. He simply stated a fact that it's more difficult to step into his field without experience than it is to step into a classroom. If you're at all familiar with finance, markets and the industry, you would agree.
I doubt any of us could go in and perform a surgery. Very few of us could build a case for court, create financial models or write a novel. That's just the way it is.
I'll say again I'm speaking from experience; as I've said, I've had experience teaching, from preschool to early elementary school. This was while taking classes full-time in college. It's just a fact of life, more people could step into a classroom and do the job than in other jobs. That doesn't mean that it won't be hard, and it doesn't mean that teachers don't earn their money.
Secondly; I'd venture to say that we all knew what our financial outlook was when we took our current positions or decided to go a certain career path. I knew going into my current job that I wasn't going to make a ton of money, and that it would be after an advanced degree in another industry that I would be making a sizable income. As such, if you're going into teaching, you're not doing it to become rich.
Does this mean that teacher's don't deserve more salary? It depends on the teacher, the school district and a variety of other factors. There is a financial burden associated with the profession, though, and I think everyone who goes into the field knows that.
After the first couple of pages of the thread, I think people on the most part have been respectful of the teaching profession as a whole. I think we've pushed this thread into something very different, and that's where people are becoming heated.
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