But we are getting closer.

> reward teachers with prestige

Where do they do that on a regular basis?

>And many teachers make a
>decent wage.

Not where it matters...Philly school system. NY school system...but you know that, cause you teach(i think?)

>They aren't
>making money like CS majors,
>hell even civil engineers, but
>they are doing a lot
>better than folks who did
>not get their degree.

Janitors make more. The workers at Sanitation Department of NY make more the teachers do in alot of the cases.....Yeah teachers make more than Clerks, but come on now...

>You do not want the back-stabbing
>conniving type folks that are
>part and parcel of well
>paid professions in the class
>room. (well if you want
>to teach children to be
>like that, maybe you do).

They are a product of their eviroment. If teachers could increase their salary/prestige & power by backstabbing they would
...