Teachers Quit Jobs at Highest Rate on Record
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#2I sense the pressure of privatized education is making itself felt here through legislation (NCLB, ESSA bills) and money injected into campaigns.
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#4I left teaching over 8 years ago. Elevated myself from programming for fun and sometimes pay to being a full time software developer. Best career move ever.
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#5“It’s a more boring place now, and they see their friends finding exciting opportunities,” Ms. Pollak said.
So in other words, this is a healthy thing. If people are bored being teachers and they quit, that should be celebrated.
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#6Thats because teaching was the fallback plan and all the students they work with daily already realize it.
Every teacher that brags about their prior dream in their specialized trade is immediately shot down by middle schoolers asking "so why are you a teacher"
"Well Jimbo, as you suspect, it's because something went horribly wrong and I've rationalized my acceptance of this low wage life teaching this nation's future"
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#7“It’s a more boring place now, and they see their friends finding exciting opportunities,” Ms. Pollak said. So in other words, this is a healthy thing. If people are bored being teachers and they quit, that should be celebrated.
No way. Teaching is really, really important for society. And we've made it low-status, because we are morons.
If it were higher-status, you'd see fewer people being 'bored' and seeing the 'excitement' elsewhere. The fact that we've screwed this up should not be celebrated.
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#8“It’s a more boring place now, and they see their friends finding exciting opportunities,” Ms. Pollak said. So in other words, this is a healthy thing. If people are bored being teachers and they quit, that should be celebrated.
No way. Teaching is really, really important for society. And we've made it low-status, because we are morons. If it were higher-status, you'd see fewer people being 'bored' and seeing the 'excitement' elsewhere. The fact that we've screwed this up should not be celebrated.
Pay more and treat teachers better. Market forces at work.
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#9> The departures come alongside protests this year in six states where teachers in some cases shut down schools over tight budgets, small raises and poor conditions.
Even as a child myself growing up in the US education system, this was a common topic where even the students knew teachers were underpaid and education in general had a lot less money in it -- but at the same time I don't ever recall schools shutting down because of it. I can't imagine what it must feel like to be a student now and being told school is closed because my teachers are protesting.
Not really sure why I'm getting downvoted so much, just wanted to express empathy.
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#10I believe we see this article every time we have a strong economy. When the economy is strong, teaching is unappealing. When the economy is weak, many people cannot find other gigs and so flood into the relative security of teaching.
Teaching may also be less pleasant in the social media and smartphone age, for reasons enumerated in The Coddling of the American Mind (a highly recommended book). There may also be a gender dynamic at work; today, it would be hard for me to recommend that guys go into teaching: https://jakeseliger.com/2014/09/08/why-dont-more-men-go-into....