Re:When Finnish Teachers Work in America's Public Schools
by trhway on Saturday December 31, 2016 @04:26PM
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>Teachers in these institutions are given a level of respect we offer scientists, lawyers, other professionals,
those countries have lesser skewed Pareto, in particular becoming doctor/lawyer/civil engineer/etc. there doesn't result in such high earnings vs. other options, and that makes the other options feasible for capable people.
And while it may look like a zero sum game of redistribution of the capable people it is really not - having wide choice of semi-equal career options people will study&work in their respective career of choice equally hard vs. just slacking in the "looser" choices, especially the unionized ones.
those countries have lesser skewed Pareto, in particular becoming doctor/lawyer/civil engineer/etc. there doesn't result in such high earnings vs. other options, and that makes the other options feasible for capable people.
And while it may look like a zero sum game of redistribution of the capable people it is really not - having wide choice of semi-equal career options people will study&work in their respective career of choice equally hard vs. just slacking in the "looser" choices, especially the unionized ones.