Student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half of class with 0.13 GPA

Re:Student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half ... by jml7c5 on Friday March 05, 2021 @06:49PM (#26363797)

You are missing an important part of their argument. They are saying that the teachers are heroes because they stay in a crappy job despite better options elsewhere. In other words, that they are sacrificing their happiness for the benefit of students.

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Re:Student passes 3 classes in 4 years, ranks near top half ... by prepend on Friday March 05, 2021 @08:37PM (#26364431)

I think that’s romanticizing too much. They stay in the crappy job as much as many other crappy jobs that exist. It’s a living, it pays pretty decently. Perhaps they could get better jobs, but it’s silly to think there’s something especially heroic about teachers over tons of other professions.

In this case it’s not really to the benefit of their students, so they are sacrificing their happiness in vain.

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