Yup. The world headquarters of capitalism is notorious for shortchanging anyone who’s passionate and/or idealistic enough about their profession to put up with it.
Plus the obscenely rich and powerful want to discourage learning, since a well informed and engaged populace would spell doom for everything that enables their excesses and abuse.
Must be an American thing. Where I live, teachers make 65k-110k depending on experience and position.
Yup. The world headquarters of capitalism is notorious for shortchanging anyone who’s passionate and/or idealistic enough about their profession to put up with it.
Plus the obscenely rich and powerful want to discourage learning, since a well informed and engaged populace would spell doom for everything that enables their excesses and abuse.
It’s also a thing in (parts of) Europe, too, unfortunately. Only college professors were paid decently. “Were” because I don’t have up-to-date info.