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[-] just_change_it@lemmy.world 164 points 1 year ago

She got a job working in a corporate office for a big company. This is pretty typical of not-retail-worker-salary beating out public sector nine times out of ten.

Why would someone ever be a teacher for <50k? Anybody with an education background can move to Seattle, Washington (or other state close to big city pay) and be a corporate trainer and move up to a director level role and get paid many times what they would ever be paid as a teacher...

...except so many want to stay near family, not be near a big city, can't move because of xyz, want a couple months off each year.. etc etc etc.

To quote somebody: Schools should be palaces. The competition for the best teachers should be fierce. They should be making six-figure salaries. Schools should be incredibly expensive for government and absolutely free of charge to its citizens, just like national defense.

Just isn't that way today and there is a big political and economic mess in the way of getting there.

[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com 48 points 1 year ago

Educated young people overthrow governments. You do the math.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Uneducated people overthrow governments. Educated people involve themselves so they make a better, longer lasting, more stable and effective government in the long run.

There's this consistent delusion that if we just burn everything down and start anew that this time it will all work out for the best.

It hasn't worked for the past two millenia, it's not going to magically work now. All it does is give rise to new fascist states.

[-] FordPrefect@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

The French revolution is far from the most well-regarded outcome, & yet, I think it was preferable to no revolution, at the time... I agree that having a knowledgeable populace is essential to social stability.

[-] Zorque@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The French Revolution led to Napoleon.

It was nice to get rid of one set of autocrats... but it just led directly into another. Its not like they traded up.

[-] FordPrefect@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

It did lead to one, but he didn't last forever, & again, I think it's pretty hard to argue they were better off before than after.

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