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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
There are a lot of good teachers in the world. There are a lot that do it because they like teaching. But I still think there is a large percentage of the population that is influenced much more by money. I think if teachers started getting paid comparable to what their background would make in the private sector, you'd see a lot more high quality, skilled teachers competing for positions.
Right now, many schools in the country are just taking what they can get. It would be great to see people competing for these jobs. Schools win, students win, teachers win, and out country wins.
As for Bush and the vouchers, he only has his party to blame. They've had full control of the government for 6 years now.
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Do you believe private school teachers are better than public school teachers? I admit, if money is your motivator, and you go into teaching at a public school, then you probably went to public school. If you wanna make money, you do something that pays good money. Now I know that, and I went to public school.
I believe "full control" is a bit of a stretch. I'm no expert on government, but I think you need some democrats on your side to get things passed.
Do you think if democrats were in "full control" we would have even heard mention of vouchers? Nope. If you are in favor of vouchers, and you blame Bush for not passing it, how do you feel about the democrat's stand on vouchers?