tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-235276292454918436.post4540624999017452542..comments2024-03-23T17:12:29.672-04:00Comments on Math Hombre: Teachers vs AthletesJohn Goldenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18212162438307044259noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-235276292454918436.post-64184860416967521302010-08-19T09:39:13.924-04:002010-08-19T09:39:13.924-04:00I wasn't trying to do economics. I understand...I wasn't trying to do economics. I understand that athletes are, in a sense, revenue streams paid for by advertising. I was trying to demonstrate an idea creating a math problem, and then using the internet to gather the information to answer it.<br /><br />I don't see a dichotomy between teachers and athletes, really. Why think of all the great teacher-athletes! Like... um...John Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212162438307044259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-235276292454918436.post-55490732668149064502010-08-18T16:27:23.444-04:002010-08-18T16:27:23.444-04:00It is very difficult to know how much value a teac...It is very difficult to know how much value a teacher creates. Our current system of paying for teachers out of local taxes creates a lot of problems. One big thing I would like to see is a greater amount of respect given to the teaching profession, along with the destruction of tenure. Have you heard about the theory that the best way to improve the education system is to fire 80% of the teachers?<br /><br />http://www.slate.com/id/2258657/pagenum/all/#p2<br /><br />rebuttal #1: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/08/11/now-we-know-how-to-fix-schools-fire-80-of-all-new-teachers/<br /><br />rebuttal #2: http://www.learningfirst.org/fire-80-percent-teachers-could-thought-experiment-run-amok<br /><br />In any event, professional athletes as a general rule create a tremendous amount of value. As best I can tell the stars are massively underpaid relative to the value they create. Comparing them to teachers really doesn't serve anyone.Wheellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08659855618974218296noreply@blogger.com