[thechat] P.o.Ws - Thought this was interesting...

[Miriam Frost]

Yeah.
'Cause $40K is just asspots full of money...



> 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.