Feedback la “Vreau si eu 50%”
DF283323:
Buna ziua, nu stiu daca acest email va ajunge la cineva sau va fi sters automat dar merita incercat.
Am citit si eu editorialul care l-ati scris aici si nu sunt deloc de acord cu ce ati scris. Explicatia e urmatoarea: salariile mai bune vor atrage oameni mai bine pregatiti. Intr-adevar nu o sa ii faca pe cei care sunt acum mai competitivi sau mai bine specializati dar o sa faca joburile din invatamant mai atractive pt tineri cu pregatirea pe care o asteptati de la un profesor.
Ce ma face sa spun asta? Pai am participat in timpul facultatii la cateva cursuri de pedagogie si am vazut foarte clar sentimentul studentilor fata de un job in invatamant: este vazut ca o cale de scapare; toti oamenii care au participat la acele cursuri le-au facut ca sa aiba unde se retrage pana isi gasesc un job mai bun. Cunosc multi oameni bine pregatiti care consider ca ar fi facut o treaba extraordinara in invatamant insa toti acestia au preferat sa mearga in companii care ii plateau la un nivel acceptabil.
Este mult mai usor sa atragi oameni bine pregatiti decat sa ii motivezi pe cei existenti sa devina mai buni. Salarii mai bune inseamna competitie mai stransa pe acele posturi ceea ce duce la ridicarea stachetei si implicit la imbunatatirea rezultatelor. E drept ca va lua timp dar nu cred ca e o solutie gresita asa cum o ilustrati dumneavoastra.
Oare dumneavoastra de ce nu mergeti sa luati un job in invatamant si sa predati la standardele care le impuneti?
Ati intrebat cati au primit o marire de 50%, eu sunt unul dintre cei care au obtinut asta in mai putin de 2 ani.
Va multumesc pentru timpul acordat,
PS: eu ma refer la invatamantul preuniversitar, cel universitar e o alta poveste.
DF:
Thanks for the feedback. I thoroughly agree with your point of view expressed below. I think that teachers should be paid more (and I state that in the editorial). But, strictly and simply 50% more is thoughtless, and continues a trend in both the public and private sector of destroying the link between pay and merit. Did you know that the lowest salary in the ministry of education is over 10 times less than the highest?
Anyway the actual point of the editorial was not to make fun of or even disagree with the teacher’s union fight for better pay. My point is that real and genuine connections need to be made in salary systems that are open and honest. I feel that the public sector, where the money is coming from my tax payments, that I should have a right to comment if I feel that the money is not distributed equitably, and an obligation to fight for more transparency in the use of those tax revenues, not let politician use them for vote buying.
Again thanks for the genuine feedback. I do try to reply to all comments, personally. I apologize that this is in English, but my Romanian is not very grammatical…
DF283323:
Hi,
I find the point of view you expressed in the reply much closer to my beliefs than the editorial. I totally agree with you regarding the need for transparency but I still believe that better salaries in the education is a far better solution for gaining the efficiency we all want than all their previous attempts to reform and improve the system.
Regarding the difference you mentioned between the lowest and the highest salary that difference can be found in many other areas as well. While it is unfortunate that there are such differences, in my opinion it doesn’t constitute a reason to criticize the decision as strongly as you did. Also, the solution you suggested (a yearly increase of 15-20% over a period of 3-5 years) is just as bad from this point of view since it doesn’t do anything at all to decrease the difference you mentioned. (I did mention in my previous email that I’m not referring to universities and I did that hoping to avoid the this topic)
You do have the right to comment and I’m the last person to deny that but when you do it in an editorial, in my opinion, you also have an obligation to choose the words very carefully and make sure they won’t be misinterpreted. In the reply you said “the actual point of the editorial was not to make fun of or even disagree with the teacher’s union fight for better pay” but you ended the editorial with “That’s begging not earning”, in my opinion that sentence labeled the all teachers as beggars and that was uncalled-for. There is a difference between expressing an opinion and labeling. Also, I consider the entire first paragraph to be filled with sarcasm.
Although I agree that a lot of the teachers don’t deserve the increase they just received and should quit their jobs I feel obligated to mention that some of the teachers I’ve had were more than qualified for the position and the salary they had and it’s been an honor and a privilege to study under them, and they most certainly deserve our respect and consideration.
I’ll end this email with the following: the idea of paying every person equally to the value they generate sounds good but it’s not a viable one, creating an environment where better qualified people are encouraged to compete for the job should yield far better results.
Thanks again for your time,
Have a nice week
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November 2nd, 2008 at 11:16
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