I hate this nation
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While I agree with the rest of your points, I still say teachers are vastly overpaid for the service actually provided. As I mentioned before, they get massive amounts of benefits (tens of thousands) and only work 9 months a year. So, they can tell people they make minimum wage until you remember the health insurance, tenure, pension and more that are provided by the school for free.
I just realized that maybe my (US) argument doesn't translate to the UK. I apologize if so.
Sometimes yes. But what is paid today. Some are certainly paid far more and have better options than in other roles.
However. There are many who aren't. Half of one, a dozen of the other. Like everybody else in inflation are also striking. Perhaps not as justified no, as nurses etc. But neither are billionaires capitalising off it. These have profited immensely in this current crisis.
Yes, that's a fair point. If it's anything like here, it's mostly the city teachers who are making money while the more rural ones get shafted.
a) what service? Where do teachers fit into "replacement migration" and "unsustainable birthrates"? What do teachers provide a child in this environment? What are students being educated for if self sustenance is already out of the curriculum?
b) SERV'ICE, noun [From Latin servitium.] - "labor of body and mind, performed at the command of a superior". What if consenting to superiority of others implies implies inferiority of self...wouldn't that be a prime breeding ground for "unsustainable birthrates and replacement migration"?
That's entirely my point. The "service" provided is insufficient at best, actively genocidal at worst.
a) what could others provide (suggested) that nature (perceivable) not already offers? Ignoring this shapes ones self sustenance into insufficiency...others tempt ones ignorance of perceivable into servitude to their suggestions.
b) reasoning (best vs worse) over suggested service represents the self inflicted; mental prison for those who ignore perceivable offer for suggestions provided by others.
c) growing oneself...as the center...grows ones surrounding, hence no servitude to others required. Others benefit from the fruits of ones labors; while laboring for others spoils ones fruits.
If we're still referring to schooling, I'd say that most children would learn best in small community settings, rather than a large "melting pot". Thus, a natural learning environment would be closer to home.
A tangent: I believe that a smaller environment enhances difference. In a massive pool, there's always a bigger fish. There's always someone a million times better than you at virtually anything and that can easily cause feelings of uselessness/inadequacy/hopelessness. In a smaller/tribal environment, you can truly be the best at something. You can be "special", for lack of a more adequate term.
That's not to say that there's nothing to be gained from outside influence, but a moderately sized environment allows one to truly flourish, whereas a larger one can easily smother.