> This relates to the thread about how hard we should strive to work.
> The issue that was not addressed then and is being overlooked now is
> that some teachers go into teaching because they see it as an easy gig
> with good pay: people often choose jobs/careers for the pay not the
> intrinsic nature of the job/career. I had a high school teacher tell
> us that once "I really never wanted to be a teacher, but my friends
> were doing it and the pay looked good for the hours". If people were
> allowed to do what they were passionate about (unalienated) then the
> whole problem of underperforming or how much effort to extend to work
> would disappear.
I'm often reminded of my favorite argument for welfare/guaranteed income (which I think is Dwayne's): People who'd rather be home planted in front of the tube are usually net productivity drags.
-- Andy