Bill Swerski Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 I'm sure it's true about research-oriented university professors, but just because they may work harder than HS English teachers it doesn't diminish the amout of time and effort HS English teachers put in. I'm not saying that HS English teachers don't put in a lot of time. But I will say that their jobs are relatively stress-free compared to a university professor's. If a high school teacher does only an average job of grading a student's paper, there are few repercussions. If a university professor does only an average job of writing grant proposals, none of his grants get funded, he has no money to conduct research, he can't publish any results, and he eventually gets fired. As long as high school teachers do their jobs at least reasonably well, they'll have all of the job security in the world. It doesn't work that way in higher education. Tenure is MUCH more diffiuclt to obtain and the workload is often debilitating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicCEO Posted February 22, 2007 Share Posted February 22, 2007 Boston must have cashed that check from Turner Broadcasting. Every cop who held up rush hour traffic to dismantle a lite brite gets a raise! Whoo hoo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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