And it’s nothing new. A 3rd grade teacher of our oldest kid back in the mid-2000s was excellent. One of those people who were born with the natural ability to teach kids. She quit later that year after only a few years in the job because the pay was terrible and not meeting cost of living.
Okay. So if you mean that teaching at one time paid fairly and was seen better as a profession, then all the more reason to question why it’s not now. I was just adding my own experience of people being forced out of teaching because it’s not sustainable as an income. Which while may not have been true in the whole of human history, has been true long enough to change the very nature and image of teachers in the US.
I could have gone further back. I remember as a kid in the 70s and teachers still having to buy supplies because the budget wasn’t enough. But again, that’s not ALL of history, so…
My wife had to quit teaching preschool because anything pays more.
And it’s nothing new. A 3rd grade teacher of our oldest kid back in the mid-2000s was excellent. One of those people who were born with the natural ability to teach kids. She quit later that year after only a few years in the job because the pay was terrible and not meeting cost of living.
All of history is not America for the past 20 years.
Okay. So if you mean that teaching at one time paid fairly and was seen better as a profession, then all the more reason to question why it’s not now. I was just adding my own experience of people being forced out of teaching because it’s not sustainable as an income. Which while may not have been true in the whole of human history, has been true long enough to change the very nature and image of teachers in the US.
I could have gone further back. I remember as a kid in the 70s and teachers still having to buy supplies because the budget wasn’t enough. But again, that’s not ALL of history, so…