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EtienneDeLyontoday at 12:32 AM6 repliesview on HN

When you overpay teachers, people who hate teaching, and hate being teachers, will become teachers for the money.

Is a good idea to select the people who hate teaching to become teachers?


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class3shocktoday at 1:03 AM

When you underpay teachers, people who hate teaching, and hate being teachers, will become teachers because all the people that had better options did something else.

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mikeocooltoday at 12:39 AM

Yeah, why would we pay top dollar for top talent and then hold that talent to high standards? That certainly doesn’t work in any other profession.

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OccamsMirrortoday at 12:49 AM

When you overpay CEOs, people who hate leading, and hate being CEOs, will become CEOs for the money.

Is a good idea to select the people who hate leading to become CEOs?

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bloqstoday at 1:04 AM

This is true of every single job.

Teachers are high in big five trait agreeableness which means they typically don't negotiate on their own behalf

choilivetoday at 1:01 AM

Absolutely dumb take. There are plenty of very bright and talented people that would have made excellent teachers but chose different career paths because - surprise surprise - the pay is better.

platevoltagetoday at 2:02 AM

You made an assertion that is based in fantasy, and then asked a question based on this silly assertion. Just wow.