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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (555664)	3/17/2010 2:50:18 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576663

There are very very few teachers in it for the money....they could make more money elsewhere without the frustration of dealing with kids.. Studies have shown that money is a "short term motivator", ie if you don't get a raise your unhappy, but once you get it you are only motivated for a short time. Liking your job and very importantly your boss, is what's most important. That doesn't tell the whole story, nor do most teachers who tell the story with themselves being the hero of the tale. Teachers are 'in it' for various reasons but the old adage "those who can, do ... those who can't, teach" is valid for many of them. Its easy to say they have transferable skills but in reality most of them don't want to start over in a job that does not carry a professional title as a status symbol... and even when/if skills are transferable, most teachers are people who stayed with the same thing they had been doing all their lives (school), which is not exactly the ideal of adaptive personalities. Teaching is a very secure lifestyle with summers and long vacations attached. How many of us long for an earlier time when we get to midlife or later ... like when we were kids, where everything was decided and structured for us by an adult system and where we didn't have to worry about where the next check would come from. Typical teachers have never been out of that system. They often refer to other occupations as 'the real world.' To become a teacher you have to invest years of time and money which can mean sacrificing your young adult years, when your peers were seeing the world and engaging in adventure, or getting started on building wealth that most teachers could never match by changing tracks later on. Research has shown that the more investment made to secure a job, the less likely it is that workers will leave. After all that sacrifice and investment, teachers are not likely to go to an equivalent paying job, even if they are good at transferring skills. I wouldn't say any of them are in it for the money alone but I also wouldn't say most of them stick with it for noble reasons. There are a few, but not most, and every student knows which is which.

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (555664)	3/17/2010 3:16:38 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576663

"There are very very few teachers in it for the money....they could make more money elsewhere without the frustration of dealing with kids.. " wrong not with the benefits and the summer off. what job can you do that? also 2 weeks at christmas, Easter break etc. many are in it fot the money, go ask them. I know many who have left private school for the money at public ones, many have told me. They say I know the kids will be tougher but I'll get more money and bennies