Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 7:29 AM PDT

I have to disagree w/ the comment that women are willing to settle for lower wages. I don't think it's about settling. I just think that most female teachers are married and that their job is the supplementary job, therefore, not all the pressure of having to be the primary breadwinner.

Both of my SILs are teachers and even though they believe they deserve more money, it evens out for them b/c it's a great profession to be in when having children.

I do agree having male teachers is important. While I know many single moms do a wonderful job of raising sons, I still believe that boys need to have a strong positive male influence thier life. In our society today w/ so many single moms, more male teachers would be beneficial for those boys. JMO.

I do believe that teachers should earn more money though. Considering they are raising our kids for 8 hours/day, they are such a huge part of our society. They deserve to be paid appropriately.

I think it sucks that we are a society that has millionaire actors and sports stars...our kids grow up thinking they are role models b/c of the obvious importance (being in the news, being rich, etc) placed on them. I'm raising my children to not see these types of people as role models. JMO.

Great article, T!

Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 10:05 AM PDT

Thanks, great comments SL! ;)

Monday, June 13, 2005 - 12:58 PM PDT

I read this article with great interest, seeing as how I'm beginning my credential program in August...nicely done. Oh, and thanks for stopping by my blog; you've been linked!