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StarmanMBA

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"The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore, we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." - Thomas Sowell

(Media, unions, teachers, political office, e.g.)

"Public education is a socialist monopoly, a real one." - The Late Milton Friedman, Professor Emeritus and Nobel Laureate
 
"I slept and dreamed that life was joy.
I awoke and saw that life was duty.
I acted, and behold - duty was joy." - Rabindrinath Tagore
 
Teachers?

The one that I know work pretty darn hard during their workday, then coach or advise in the afternoon, then prep or grade nights/weekends. And generally are not well paid, despite having a master's degree.
 
And generally are not well paid, despite having a master's degree.
Great teachers are super important and valuable. When you find them, please acknowledge them, celebrate them, and advocate for them. Having a teacher that actually knows and cares about your kid makes a tremendous difference.

Are your kids teachers really not well paid? I just looked up a few random teachers at a nearby elementary school in Irvine (the website lists their names but not whether they have a Masters degree) and they all make over $100k/year.

I came across this video recently and found it interesting. It talks about college costs and has some good analysis though I don't necessarily agree with everything the guys says/concludes.
 
Teachers?

The one that I know work pretty darn hard during their workday, then coach or advise in the afternoon, then prep or grade nights/weekends. And generally are not well paid, despite having a master's degree.

For NINE MONTHS! Pretty tough job. The rest of us work 11 1/2 months, also "pretty damn hard," and we have to rely on what we save for retirement or the pittance paid by socialist insecurity. Contrast this with teachers' cushy retirement plans. There are local supeintendents who receive $250,000 or more annual retirement pay, thank you suckers very much.

Teachers with masters' degrees have long been paid six figures all the while crying poormouth.
How do we improve educational results? Teachers always have given the same answer: "MORE MONEY!"

How has that worked out.? Inversely. The more they have been paid in constant dollars (counting inflation), the worse results they have produce, for over thirty years!

Atlanta is a thoroughly Democrat-run city. An articulate black lady savages them, stating that 92% of public school students in Atlanta are illiterate. This explains the growth of the Democrat Party.
Vote Democrat for more millions of illegals, higher national debt, more millions to Muslim terrorists, reparations for black Americans who were never slaves, price fixing, and the most Left-wing president and vice president in American history.

Incidentally, Professor Walter Williams stated that THE lowest scoring major in colleges, on average, was .... education. Second lowest was sociology. Upon graduation, they took the GRE and reversed lowest and second lowest positions. Virtually 100% of these low performing people are Democrats.
 

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