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Originally Posted by Army_of_One And there are probably and equal amount that don't like their job. |
Yes, I agree. I do hope that they get out of teaching if they don't like it.
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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.
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You are correct. Students that go into teaching know that they are not going to be rich.
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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.
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IF (& that is a big IF) it were possible to negotiate the salary of a soldier by his/her worth & job demands, wouldn't there be others to help fight for them?
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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.
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I know many teachers that serve their kids selflessly because of who they are, not because they are told they have to be when they became a teacher.
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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!
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Soldiers are not the only people in service jobs that have values. I'm not trying to be rude, but just because you have a poster of values you have to adopt, doesn't mean you are the only profession with values. Teachers may not have to take an oath, but those teachers have the same values. They just don't have to advertise what they are really made of.
I would also like to add, that with any profession or duty, there are those that can make that profession or duty look & sound bad. Just because there are a few bad apples in the bunch, doesn't mean as a whole they are all bad. You cannot lump all teachers together in one bunch as you cannot lump all soldiers in one bunch. A group of out of control soldiers doesn't mean they are all out of control.
A of O, I am not trying to disrespect you or your job. I am only trying to get you to see other sides to this discussion.