Comments on: The profession of Teaching - A mini-rant http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2005/08/the-profession-of-teaching-a-mini-rant/ Night is darkest just before the dawn... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:05:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Chouser http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2005/08/the-profession-of-teaching-a-mini-rant/#comment-198 Chouser Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:20:19 +0000 http://elizabethmariesmith.com/2005/08/the-profession-of-teaching-a-mini-rant/#comment-198 There are other professions that pay based only on seniority and not performance -- manufacturing for example. And I don't think it's a coincidence that both manfacturing and public school teaching are dominated by powerful labor unions. Unions serve a vital role when employees are under-appreciated, but I don't think that's the case right now with teachers. --Chouser There are other professions that pay based only on seniority and not performance — manufacturing for example. And I don’t think it’s a coincidence that both manfacturing and public school teaching are dominated by powerful labor unions. Unions serve a vital role when employees are under-appreciated, but I don’t think that’s the case right now with teachers.

–Chouser

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