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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TJV" data-source="post: 357972" data-attributes="member: 4300"> It's hard to tell if you are being serious here - is this just hyperbole? You realize that just like people in every other human endeavor, a certain percentage of teachers are just plain incompetent and some just don't care, right? How about the tiny percentage that have sex with their students or are otherwise criminals? Isn't that "any reason"? And you really believe that $100,000 for 9 months work is not enough? That seems detached from reality, particularly when you consider the real unemployment and underemployment rate. What do you think the proper level of teacher compensation is? And since you continue to be stuck on the drop out issue: Do you not realize many very successful and intelligent people don't have college degrees? Bill Gates dropped out of college, do you consider him a moron? Perhaps you could post your academic credentials so we will know how seriously to take your views? And BTW, some of us who disagree with you on this issue have college and post-graduate degrees.   First, since the cuts haven't yet taken place, what explains "…why we are behind other countries when it comes to education" now? Second, I think you are making a common mistake in thinking there is a direct correlation between spending per student and educational success. I know of at least one in-depth study that refutes that idea, do you have any that support it? </blockquote>

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