Exactly correct Rafael. I attended regular high school, full course load and went to Tech school at the same time. I was told by several high school teachers that without a college degree I'd never go anywhere. They were self righteous on a good day.
I agree that teachers are underpaid on a whole. I also agree that there is a whole lot of evidence supporting the saying "those that can't do, teach" My sister is a prime example. She is a screaming liberal that dumps her personal views on students that are forced to listen to her and SHE is the authority. She thinks because she did the research that she actually did the work. All she does is pass on things that she read, zero practical experience in anything, except teaching.
That was the point of the meme, those that never did anything but teach telling young minds that unless they go the same route with college, they will never do anything EITHER. I had some very good teachers that actually cared, but I had just as many that were just scatting by.
Interesting - I see your point about how it reads. When I first read it, I came away with a different feel because "the teachers" reads a lot different than "that teacher". I guess you could fill in "teachers" with "classmates", "uncle", etc and it wouldn't matter. Just resonated with me because the fact someone makes more than a teacher really isn't anything to write home about, and that's a crying shame(especially one that had just been skating by, who likely hasn't moved up at all). Also, since this is chat, who's to say salary is THAT important. This guy might absolutely hate his job and not have any other options because he only has that skill? There's probably a LOT of tradesmen that make more money than me, but I'm a.o.k. with that. I dig the fact that I work from home, never "punch a clock", etc. Different strokes for different folks that make the world go round!
Just an overall weird meme to me... but I'm trying to not sound too judgmental though the keyboard, which is hard to convey.
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