[GRLUG] Linux @ school.

[Collin]

Yes, for a GOOD teacher that is not unreasonable and in fact could be 
considered a bit low. Unfortunately teachers have little incentive to be 
good as their pay is not based on performance and it is very difficult 
to fire a teacher unless you catch them with a jar of vasoline, a 
saddle, and a small child. Now, I've known some great teachers who 
aren't getting the money they deserve. They love teaching. Then there 
are worthless piles of human waste that still are allowed to teach 
children and they don't deserve to suck the mud off of a coal miner's 
boots. Not to be too inflammatory but I also know plenty of moms who 
homeschool and most of them do a better job than these teachers we pay 
50k a year to. If a housewife can teach children better then a 
professional then what on Earth is going on???

What gets me are teacher strikes. Yeah, 50k probably isn't too much for 
a good teacher. But they become not so good in a hurry if they are 
willing to strike instead of teach. It is absolutely unethical to strike 
period but even more so when the economy is tanking and the state's 
funding is lowering year by year. And doubly so when they are teachers 
and we rely on them to educate our children. Where is that extra money 
to pay them supposed to come from? The union sure doesn't care. It's 
more, more, more, more.

I have ZERO respect for people who strike. In my opinion the whole lot 
of them should be fired regardless of what job they do. Too bad that's 
illegal. I have no problem with paying good people to do a job that they 
are capable of doing. But unions prop up losers and ruin companies.


Michael Greene wrote:
> I agree that schools should be paying less on these unnecessary
> purchases, but teachers should be making more money if anything.  It
> horrifies me that you think we should be paying less to the
> teachers--why do you think we don't have a good supply of good
> teachers?  Also, we aren't paying all our teachers $50,000... only the
> ones who have been kept on for several years and have gone up the
> payscale.  http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layoutscripts/swzl_compresult.asp?narrowcode=ED01&jobcode=ED03000010&metrocode=65&metro=Grand%20Rapids&state=Michigan&geo=Grand%20Rapids,%20Michigan&jobtitle=Teacher%20Elementary%20School&narrowdesc=Education
> That doesn't seem at all unreasonable to me.
>
> Michael
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