I hate this nation
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Take all the "heavy lifting" out of teaching?
Dude, it's a cush job with tens of thousands of dollars in benefits and you only actually work 9 months a year. Fuck off.
They are in inflation getting underpaid. Since Tories. Teaching is never terribly easy. I don't envy teachers.
But I disagree with computer generated marking.
We are individuals. Unless it is simple math problems and yes no answers. No, it should be based on the individualism pertaining to the criteria.
How does a rubber stamp validate this? Only the teacher knows their students and classroom.
I disagree with AI's motives and the attitude sweeping our public services today.
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.