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I hated highschool and the shitty teachers as much as the next guy.. I was almost expelled because the whole system bored me so much I went from being literally one of the top couple of students in the year to getting by and doing as little as possible while giving attitude at ridiculous and petty beauraucratic demands. The whole rote learning situation did so little to inspire me.. and some of the teachers were so seriously sub par.
BUT I STILL think they deserve more money.. compared to what they earnt in the 60's relative to other professions teachers earn squat now.. teaching used to be a viable career choice for intelligent university students.. now it's "shit.. im not good enough to do much else.. i'll just pick up a bachelor of education as a fall back into a mediocre in job if nothing else comes along" So we've got a generation of morons in fall back jobs they never really wanted and I wouldn't trust to teach my dogs how to sit in charge of students..
I was earning more than anyone bar the Headmaster 2 years into the workforce... we really need to attract bright students back to teaching.. tighten the entry requirements and increase the pay. I'm all for them striking. Not that it will do them a lick of good. They just an easy punching bag for everyone else whinging about holidays and supposed 9-3 working hours.
You couldn't get me to babysit mommy and daddy's little shit stirring prince and princesses for double what they're asking.
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