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[-] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Schools don't 'compete' with industries. School is a service that parents and their children participate in, in order to better society. And the priority for children should always be education before entering the workforce. If more people decide to work in fast food now that they feel their value is compensated fairly, then the responsibility rests in their parents to help them make an informed decision based on their economic brackground. A fairly compensated job is NOT the problem. I feel this article is biased in its title in order to generate more rage/engagement or maybe to push a political agenda.

Edit: someone brought to my attention that I read that wrong, so I apologise. But the point still stands in that case: the title makes it seem that the fast food workers having a fair wage is the problem, when the problem is that teachers are underpaid.

[-] Revonult@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

They are talking about employee retention not students dropping out to work at fast food. Schools absolutely "compete" for workers just like every other industry.

[-] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

I'm sorry, I read that wrong! In that case I still think the problem in this situation is NOT fast food workers being compensated fairly, but that teachers are not. The point about being a clickbaity title still stands. One could also argue if the possible shared workforce pool overlaps between those two markets, but that's a discussion for another day

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 6 months ago

Edit: someone brought to my attention that I read that wrong, so I apologise. But the point still stands in that case: the title makes it seem that the fast food workers having a fair wage is the problem, when the problem is that teachers are underpaid.

See, this is why it's good to at least skim the article. Even when you corrected yourself, you're still wrong.

I also took the headline to mean teachers might make better pay doing fast food work. But this is about the cafeteria workers who make even less. It's about people with an opportunity to move laterally (food) to make more money, not people giving up something they went into because of some passion (the reason teachers put up with the shit pay) for more money.

I just went back and searched the article. "Teacher" does not appear on the page.

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