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Doctors, researchers, teachers, and legislators all used the r-word to describe people with intellectual disabilities.

The attitude towards it in the US is bizarre; people from overseas are shocked when they find out how little money teachers are paid and even more so how teachers are looked down upon as a result.

The main thing motivating their teachers to show up compared to their neighbours is that Keralan parents beat up teachers who don't at least show up for work.

If you went to a public school, you would have definitely heard a good number of top teachers and administrators complaining about both the BoE and the teachers union.

They're just the first generation to have it broadcast live for their teachers, parents, and bosses to see.

Many of the other teachers would see me working on my laptop and ask me about it.

Likewise, SV families aren't going to push for additional compensation so long as their teachers are considered 'good enough'.

The teachers were very good with handling the parents and making this easier on the kid.

It was generally frowned upon, because teachers were afraid they would be used for cheating.

Hence the average quality of teachers is lower compared to other countries and the impacts on society are subtle and widespread.

The current model, where accomplished bassoonists and teachers make reeds to meet the small, local demand, seems to at least be workable.

Disclaimer: I'm a civilian as regards coding but I work as a teacher and I mentor new teachers...

That does not prove (they could just have been taught by bad teachers), but leads me to suspect, that sometimes students don't recognise (or don't want to see: "just show me the formulas!") alternate approaches when they are presented with them.

This both prevents the out-and-out firing of substandard teachers (unless they're obviously terrible performers) while also undermining a strong teacher's ability to say "by these measures I am having X impact on student learning and require additional compensation".

Even dumb ideas off the top of my head like "Wealthy parent A purchases 300 textbooks and donates them to the school so the school can spend that money on higher salaries for teachers" are probably legal ways for wealthy parents to supplement their local school.

Teachers unions are an artifact of a system modeled on the way things work in wealthy nations where there are a surplus of qualified teachers...e.g.

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