• apotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Teachers for sure. Highly educated people providing a service that’s absolutely crucial for everybody and they’re paid like shit even before you consider the number of out-of-work hours they end up working.

    • Asafum@feddit.nl
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      4 months ago

      It’s the worst of all angles… Professions where the professional loves the work and wants to do the work no matter what get exploited more than most AND with public school teachers, they’re stuck with taxpayer decided budgets…

      As far as America goes: I WANT EVERYTHING AND I DON’T WANT TO PAY TAXES FOR IT!

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      4 months ago

      That may only be western teachers. One of my family has been living in Sweden and teaching yr5 (only) for about 22 years. I’m pretty sure

      • the state pays for supplies, but I know she doesn’t
      • she pretty much has the lesson plan set, with some evolution each year
      • swedish kids aren’t total assholes as they have support for some of the big causes of assholish kids (unaddressed learning issues)
      • she’s good to retire in three years. Already has a little boat!

      She got her ticket in Canada and bounced around a bit until she landed this gig. Couldn’t be happier for her.