Extremely long sigh.... I have a limited amount of sympathy for public =
school teachers. =20
They work long hours, but the average professional is now working sixty =
to seventy hours a week. =20
How many people get more time off: Christmas holidays, Thanksgiving =
holidays, Easter holidays and a couple months off every summer. =20
They have to keep up to date in their field, but there are a lot of =
grants available to underwrite this.
School teachers work hard, but do they work harder than anyone else? Do =
they worker harder than firefighters? nurses? police? garbage disposal? =
or lowly curators?  I have worked thirty hour days.  I have walked =
through darkened galleries at two in the morning after the alarm company =
has called.  I have hung off scaffolding forty feet in the air rigging =
sculpture. =20
Teachers are undervalued.  This much is true, but I wish my job were =
equally undervalued ; -)
=20
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From:   Cathlene Brady[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Friday, January 12, 1996 12:41 PM
To:     Multiple recipients of list MUSEUM-L
Subject:        Re: Volunteer Coordinator

Doug Lantry ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, lisa falk wrote:
: > I'm sorry, but I think we need to do something about museum
: > salaries....$15,000. for a FULL_TIME professional position?!  Who =
can

: Museums pay poorly because they don't generate profit.  Museum people =
get
: paid very little for the same reasons other educators get paid very
: little.

I'm not trolling here, but public school educators get paid nicely. Not
lavishly, but there's nothing to complain about. They also work harder
than anybody.

: To change this?  Hmm.  Come up with a plan to persuade more people to =
value
: knowledge as much as profit.

There is such a plan. It's called public education. *sigh* I wish it
worked better.

Cathy Brady
- formerly the Math Specialist at the Maryland Science Center until the
money ran out and who is currently looking for a teaching job