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Originally Posted by manaboutown
In 1958-1959 I took a history class in HS. Our teacher was a a nice guy but not bright, far from it in fact. He just read our lessons from the book we had read the night before. Boring at best. He was a huge supporter of getting some teachers' union into town. And they were accepted. He proudly announced it, too. Mediocrity rules!
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I attended a private parochial school in the 70's and had the same caliber teachers, with no union and they were paid a lot less than the public school teachers. In fact one teacher told us that he could make more money doing construction work. We had one class where the teacher instructed to read National Geographic magazines.
My mom had a masters degree and as a substitutete teacher in the 70's was paid $28.00 a day. I bagged groceries in and around same time and could make more money.
Bottom line is that teachers are underpaid considering the schooling that is reguired and which is necessary to be an effective teacher.