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[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago

And yet my most professional teachers were not paid for teaching.

I'm not advocating lowering the paycheck to increase the professionalism; just highlighting how phantom money are in this equation

[-] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Can you elaborate? What phantom money? How was your teacher not being paid to teach? Finally, what makes a teacher more professional than another?

[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Would be glad to!

What phantom money?

I mean here that money appear only as a mediator of human relationships. While OP focuses on just salaries, the teacher-student and nurse-patient relationships could be established without it.

How was your teacher not being paid to teach?

Not one teacher, but nearly half of them! It was a small university near research institutes. If a scientist won a grant for their research, they were teaching students for free; if they were struggling financially, the university would register them as teachers for courses that have an unpaid teacher. I understand that it's hard for American folks to imagine, but in Eastern Europe such places still exist.

Finally, what makes a teacher more professional than another?

That should be clear for now. Imagine a person who researches group theory and comes to share their knowledge; and a person who just teaches it. Who do you think is more professional?

this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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