Re:Homeschooling Hits Record Numbers
by programjames on Saturday November 22, 2025 @06:44PM
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And yet, somehow, there are around a million much higher-quality professors. Yes, you need 5x as many teachers. But you don't find 1 in 5 are at the level of a median professor. You should actually expect more than 1 in 5, given they require less vocational training. There is something fundamentally wrong when you move from tertiary to secondary education, but it isn't an issue of supply and demand.
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Re:Homeschooling Hits Record Numbers
by NoMoreNicksLeft on Sunday November 23, 2025 @11:32PM
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>And yet, somehow, there are around a million much higher-quality professors.
Are we talking about the same country? Most of those professors don't even teach if they can help it. Their job is to bring in grant money to the university. The others are paid hourly wages to be adjuncts, and I'm not certain it's accurate to say that they're "much higher-quality". But if it were, then perhaps that's your problem... the million k12 teachers you need are all teaching secondary education in temp positions for temp pay.