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- From: brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder)
- Subject: Re: What can we have for an educational system?
- Message-ID: <Bxwruz.6sB@quake.sylmar.ca.us>
- Organization: Quake Public Access
- References: <1992Nov12.162137.24580@news.unige.ch> <BxsELH.65C@quake.sylmar.ca.us> <1992Nov16.112043.28723@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 10:59:15 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov16.112043.28723@ms.uky.edu> cyeomans@ms.uky.edu (Charles Yeomans) writes:
- >In article <BxsELH.65C@quake.sylmar.ca.us> brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder) writes:
-
- >I wouldn't say that lawyers are necesarily any more competent than teachers
- >as a group. Like anyone else, most lawyers find a niche and settle into
- >it, either due to laziness, fee-generating efficiency or because they
- >work in a particularly demanding area - just like professors.
-
- >There are plenty of bad lawyers out there in the world. Now, one might
- >argue that the marketplace eliminates bad lawyers (unlike bad teachers),
- >but that presupposes that the average person can tell the difference
- >between a good lawyer and a bad lawyer.
-
- Lawyers can and do get fired, either by clients or by their law firms.
- besides, just knowing that they will be put to a market test keeps many
- of the incompetent away.
-
- Anyway, even if there were a lot of incompetent doctors and lawyers, that
- would not in any way excuse teachers for being incompetent.
-
- It's like a thief saying in his defense that "Lots of other people steal too.".
-
- >The fact is, lawyers have the potential to make a hell of a lot more
- >money than teachers. And that's why they are "respected". Of course,
- >most lawyers do not make more money than teachers - I believe the average
- >salary for lawyers is around $30,000. Perhaps if this were publicized,
- >people wouldn't think so much of lawyers.
-
- That's incredible. Were you never in a classroom? Do you really think you
- teachers were competent? Do you really think that relative salaries are the
- only reasons only reasons for people disrespecting teachers?
-
- --Brian
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