[lbo-talk] 15% of the Population, 2 Hours per Weekend (was Development of Political Underdevelopment)

Alex zap_path at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 26 22:42:05 PDT 2007


--- Matt <lbo4 at beyondzero.net> wrote:


> In kindergarten I learned the skill
> of coloring within the lines. Beyond that not much else, other than
> becomed socialized to the fact that when I chose to eat, sleep, drink,
> or use the restroom would be at the whim of some random authority
> figure.

My mother is a retired kindergarten teacher. Her job included spending time reading and attending conferences about how children learn to read, how they understand math, etc. There's plenty of academic learning happening in a good kindergarten class in addition to the development of social skills (which are pretty important). There's a great deal more to it than coloring and eating snacks.

Despite the importance of the job and the skill it required, she actually got less take home pay than I was making as a graduate research assistant. Shameful to say the least.

-Alex

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