I second that, as a former high school teacher I can attest that
the job involves long hours, is emotionally and mentally taxing, and
offers little by way of financial incentive. Want to improve education in
this or any country? Pay teachers more.

        Matt


> 99% of all teachers are underpaid and grossly overworked!  Teaching is the
> only Professional type profession that is controlled by the massivly
> underqualified!  One needs a bachelors degree, a teaching credential and 1
> year of unpaid apprentiship only to be paid less than most construction
> workers and asked to work not only at work but in the evenings and during
> vaccations.  And then they have to keep taking classes to prove to the state
> that they are still worthy to teach.  Then  they elect housewives and baptist
> asshole ministers to govern the whole thing whilst mandating methods of
> teaching that failed in the 40s but somehow are now expected to work!  If you
> could do your job with both hands tied behind your back and one leg wraped
> around your neck, then and only then would you be qualified to have an opinion
> of what teaching is really about!

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