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Originally Posted by Wildcat12 still love their job as much as the teachers I know love theirs. |
And there are probably and equal amount that don't like their job.
I'm going to throw out a few things here that are taught in the Army. Sometimes it's not ALL about money. Unfortunately the public doesn't put a premium on those who serve...the public. The ones that keep your streets safe (with the exception of
DC), the ones that put the fires out, the ones that TRY to educate the kids and those that defend freedom and are called on to be away from their families and put themselves in harms way.
In the Army we have a set of values:
Loyalty
Duty
Respect
SELFLESS SERVICE
Honor
Integrity
Personal Courage
Soldiers, just like most teachers do what they do to become overly wealthy. Most do it to serve something larger than themselves. Teachers...are serving. The soldiers as a whole in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and countless other places do not strike, do not complain, petition, hire lawyers or such...they serve, they serve something larger than themselves. Teaching is the same way. When someone starts college to be a teacher if they think they are going to make 90,000 a year teaching is SW KS they have been smoking something from bowl. Also teachers DO have the choice to relocate to somewhere that pays more. They CHOOSE not to do this. Soldiers have very little choice. It's unfortunate more of the civilian population doesn't adopt at least a COUPLE of those values...LIKE Selfless Service.
For all the teachers that complain about their job and their pay....they know what they are getting into BEFORE they become a teacher....THEY make the choice....
I do agree though teachers are our front line soldiers in the war on stupidity...they need support and funding to wage their war but they also should perhaps adopt some values like us!