<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>What I want to know is, how can we spend so much on education but teachers get so little in compensation for the work that they do?</DIV>
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<DIV>I would think a teacher would be paid at least $36,000 a year, to start, and make up to $60,000 as a base pay for teachers. It doesn't seem to work that way.</DIV>
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<DIV>I wish we could pass an Idaho State Initiative that would take a percentage of the property tax and give it to teachers compensation. </DIV>
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<DIV>I don't think Principals or Superintendents should be paid any more than the highest 10% of teachers. Not that they don't work hard, but that teachers have the hardest and most important jobs one can have.</DIV>
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<DIV>It makes most sense to me, that we the people, be able to give taxes to teachers directly, rather than it being spend on something less important..</DIV>
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<DIV>I feel a good teacher, and an engaged student body, can provide better education than all the fancy buildings and facilities can provide. </DIV>
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<DIV>Donovan Arnold<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 10/12/09, keely emerinemix <I><kjajmix1@msn.com></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
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Well, I'm thrilled. The public school system always needs more supporters -- bright, caring, insightful men such as yourself. <BR><BR><FONT color=#8064a2><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt" size=3><FONT face=Verdana>Keely<BR>www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR><BR><BR><BR>> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:41:26 -0700<BR>> From: vpschwaller@gmail.com<BR>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] NYTimes: The Uneducated American<BR>> <BR>> Sorry to disappoint the both of you - I have nothing to do in any way,<BR>> shape, or form with any Moscow anti-public education individual,<BR>> famous or infamous, Christian or catholic, Libertarian or Republican.<BR>> <BR>> I'd almost apologize to whomever this individual is, but I suspect he<BR>> finds it funny as hell.<BR>> <BR>> GS<BR>> <BR>> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 3:35 PM, keely emerinemix <kjajmix1@msn.com> wrote:<BR>>
> I can't speak for Andreas, obviously, but I think his question stemmed from<BR>> > a belief that you might not really be a guy named "Glenn Schwaller," and<BR>> > that you might, instead, be one of Moscow's famous anti-public education<BR>> > Christian Libertarians.<BR>> ><BR>> > I can speak for myself, however, in declaring that Andreas, if I've<BR>> > represented him correctly, might just be on to something.<BR>> ><BR>> > Keely<BR>> > www.keely-prevailingwinds.com<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >> Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:53:44 -0700<BR>> >> From: vpschwaller@gmail.com<BR>> >> To: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>> >> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] NYTimes: The Uneducated American<BR>> >><BR>> >> Andreas --<BR>> >><BR>> >> Quit asking silly questions. Of course I do. I have said nothing to<BR>> >>
indicate that I don't believe in public education. I aIso believe in<BR>> >> home education - admittedly, perhaps a bit more so. I also believe in<BR>> >> attempting to find out why it (public education) is suffering before<BR>> >> resorting to only throwing money at it.<BR>> >><BR>> >> If I seem to be obfuscating it's because I AM bewildered. In fact I<BR>> >> think the entire education system in a state of obfuscation since it<BR>> >> is difficult to understand why, in spite of all that has been tried,<BR>> >> it is still failing. Perhaps part of my obfuscation is that I have not<BR>> >> seen anything else in this thread attempting to address the original<BR>> >> issue, with the possible exceptions of HDP Joe (throw money throw<BR>> >> money throw money) and Nick Gier who suggests massive unionization<BR>> >> (which I think means throw money as
well . . .) Admittedly the<BR>> >> original tenant of subject was "The Uneducated American - Education in<BR>> >> America, suffering for years, is about to get much worse<BR>> >> thanks to cuts caused by the financial crisis."<BR>> >><BR>> >> So I guess the answers have been given. Throw money at it. Maybe BHO<BR>> >> can toss a cool mil into the pot.<BR>> >><BR>> >> Wasted again in obfuscationland<BR>> >><BR>> >> GS<BR>> >><BR>> >> On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Andreas Schou <ophite@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>> >> > Glenn --<BR>> >> ><BR>> >> > Quit obfuscating. Do you believe in the public provision of education at<BR>> >> > all?<BR>> >> ><BR>> >> > -- ACS<BR>> >> ><BR>> >><BR>> >>
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