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by vorpalhex 1993 days ago
It's a supply and demand problem. There are a lot of folks who are willing and able to be teachers for a low amount of pay, but it turns out you can't live off discount engineers or finance people.

I assure you, if SV could get away paying $12 an hour to engineers or finance, they would.

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There are a lot of folks who are willing and able to be president for a low amount of pay. Might even do a better job than Trump.

The idea was that if teaching was a prestigious profession, we would see large returns on that investment. We have an entire underclass of population that is poorly educated, so maybe we shouldn't be living off 'discount teachers' as we are doing now.