Posted by Jumpin Jack on 1/19/2007, 13:02:42, in reply to "Re: David Beckham, Pro Sports & The "Teacher"?"
I did not denegrate the players for their professions. I respect that it gives everyone pleasure, including me and my family and they have skills many of us don't have. I also have no idea what you do for a living but I make no claims about being able to do it. I am simply stating that to say the players make that much because they are skilled at their jobs and the rest of us can't do them, is silly. We all have skills and abilities different from each other and certainly in most cases should be paid accordingly. I don't blame the players for accepting the $ either. Very few of us would turn it down if offered, especially to do a job we enjoy. I am just saying it is a bit much to say one person deserves $250 million because they can play a game better than others. I don't know who is responsible for the outrageous salaries, the owners or the players union but either way, disgraceful.
I don't really care if I am considered "rich" or not, my statement to that effect was related to yours regarding the rich being "out to get me". As for there always being a parent who says "not my kid" yes, they have always been around but these days they seem to be the rule, not the exception. More often than not if a student is in trouble the parent's response is "What did the other kid do?" or "Little Johnny was just confused." Finally, I think it is interesting the your Uncle felt like students were taught less now than years ago. I am in an elementary school and I feel like these children are pushed too hard. They are expected to master concepts they are not developmentally ready to understand and then moved on to the next topic. I believe that is one of the reasons we have problems. I don't recall the foreign country but I think it may be Finland, they have the highest literacy rate and the best readers in the world. They do not start teaching reading until 2nd grade. Our Kindergarten students are expected to come in knowing what I learned in Kindergarten or first grade.That being said about my grade levels, I don't disagree about the High School level. I think it is disgraceful that many HS students couldn't label all the states on a map or can't even find Canada.
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