Re: Educational brainstorming

John Meyer (john_meyer@geocities.com)
Fri, 29 May 1998 11:33:22 -0600


At 01:38 PM 5/27/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I think it is quite fascinating that you said "pay teachers what teacher
>think they deserve." Do you think teachers are getting paid what they
>deserve? How do you value education?
>
>kgullo@earthlink.net
>

Not at all. Most of us think that we should be paid more than we are. I
have yet to meet many who say openly their paid more than what they deserve.
Right now, I would have to say that teachers are not getting paid what they
deserve, and not just for emotional or subjective reasons. In order to
ensure a public education, governments must keep the pay level below supply
and demand, or a rate ceiling, just like they do for farmers.
Think of it in this way

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0 5 10 13 20 25 27 30

Okay, the line crossing the Demand and supply lines is a wage ceiling.
Prices can't go above that. So, what happens? Well, at the level of X
pay, you have a supply of 13 teachers and a demand for 27 teachers. You
have fourteen teachers that are demanded, but nobody wants to work for that
amount?
What if you raised the wage ceiling to or above the point of equilibrium,
or where the D/S lines cross? It would cease to exist, because supply and
demand pressures would pull it down.
The only two ways I think that the wage ceiling of teachers can be removed
is if governments privatize schools and lessen the regulations, or they
jack up our taxes to the point at which they can get 27 teachers.
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