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