Why Teachers Are Not Paid Their Worth
The reason we don't pay teachers in America as the key shapers of our future society is that we've inherited a culture that disdains both women and children. Children, historically in our Romanic-based society, died so easily so young, we came to see them as not worth investing in much unless they were in line to inherit power. Child-carers were not much valued except to manage the little lives as long as they lived, and to do the dirty work around child-rearing. Governesses were a step up from... Sign in to see full entry.