[thechat] P.o.Ws - Thought this was interesting...
Dean Mah
dmah at shaw.ca
Tue Jan 29 13:58:01 CST 2002
And you get people that go into the field just because the pay is
supposedly high and they have no passion or interest in the profession
as a whole. They have no desire to make the profession better or to
pass on their experience. They have no dedication to quality. Which,
in many cases, is what has happened in the computing industry.
Dean
Ron White writes:
> You can't use current statistics to say whether my idea is valid or
> not, because the profession as a WHOLE is underpaid, so the best and
> the brightest do not generally choose it. If the average starting
> salary of a teacher was 40K you would see more quality people going
> into the field, it's simple cause and effect. Better quality of
> teachers, better education.
>
> Thanks,
> Ron White
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