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Thread: Is teaching a decent job in your country?
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[quote=LEONARDO,321087]September 10th is China’s Teachers’ Day. We Chinese people pay tribute to teachers and extend our gratitude for the respectable teachers. I have read a report just now which states that up to 40% teachers at primary and secondary schools in Britain have the intention to resign in the coming 5 years and will no longer be in teaching. The report says teaching is a stressful job in Britain but does not specify the clear factors. Well in China, teaching is considered to be a decent job:More vacations, less pressure. I can’t help thinking about the British Teacher’s Strike on April 24 this year. It was the first national strike in 21 years in Britain. A majority of primary and secondary schools were forced to close down due to teachers’ walk-out. The purpose of strike was to demand improved pay. What about the average annual income of a teacher in UK? Are most teachers in Britain underpaid? I am told that the average annual income of a teacher in UK is about 20,000--50,000 pounds. Is this very low? Education has been put on a top agenda in China. What about the real situation of western education? I remembered that two American friends (Cloudhands and REMAG1234) said that there seems to be a Dumping Down of Education (a movement against education) in USA. What I am concerned with is if this phenomenon just happens in Britain and USA. Or there is a common dumping down of education in the whole western world? Is teaching still a decent job in your country? British demonstrators held the banner on April 24: Fair pay for teachers![/quote]
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