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Re: Why no jobs in Loveland
Posted by TIM on 7/15/08

Even highly qualified teachers cannot find jobs in CO right
now. It is saturated. Your best bet is to move to a rural
area up in Northeast CO. Sorry, the truth sucks but in this
economy, jobs are hard to come by.

On 5/02/08, hey jobless from Rodeo wrote:
> Yeah Rodeo,
>
> I agree with you. There is a good reason why they
> always claim that there is a teacher shortage. It is
> because an excess supply is very good for the
> employers, which is the government. I love economic
> theory and am a huge fan of Adam Smith. Well, that is
> beside the point. But there is no doubt that all other
> things being equal, a large supply of something tends
> to lower the price of things. Which is why prostitutes
> are so cheap in Bangkok.
>
> So having way too many teachers saves the government a
> lot of money. Even the federal government that does not
> have to directly pay teaching salaries saves themselves
> a lot of grief when there is a huge supply of teachers.
> And the oversupply of certain types of teachers does
> not cost the employer anything because they do not pay
> for the credentials of the teacher. The teachers are
> the ones who pay for it.
>
> Look at all of the problems when there is a shortage
> like in math. The federal government keeps having to
> get these committees to study the math teacher shortage
> and do studies and pretend to be solving the problem.
> That costs them money. And they have to try to offer
> these special incentives to get people to teach math,
> which costs them money also.
>
> If the government could convince as many people to get
> math teaching credentials as have elementary
> credentials then they could always get someone to do it
> no matter how bad the working conditions are. As it is,
> they are not willing to change the working conditions
> so they just keep trying to convince more people to do
> the job of teaching math--which does not seem to be
> working very well. Laugh. The government trying to get
> teachers is like a real ugly, mean woman trying to get
> a boyfriend. She is not willing to be nice to the guy
> or make herself a little more fun or pleasant to be
> with, so she is offering to buy them a hamburger once a
> week to be her boyfriend. Sorry, not enough incentive.
>
> That is how the government is with math teachers. Hey,
> come be a math teacher. We refuse to improve the
> working conditions but we will pay a really small
> amount towards your student loans if you are willing to
> spend two years of your life in hell and misery. Hey,
> hey, where are you going? What if we throw in a coffee
> cup that says, "Make a difference--teach"?
> How about a chance to be teacher of the year? Wouldn't
> that be better than being happy? Come back here, we
> need you! There are so few people who will live in
> poverty and misery anymore now that Ghandi and Mother
> Theresa are dead. The rest have all chained themselves
> to redwood trees.
>


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• Re: I want a chance to teach, 4/28/08, by TC.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 4/29/08, by Don't mean to damper your spirits....
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 4/30/08, by Natalie .
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 4/30/08, by Rodeo.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 4/30/08, by Rodeo.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 4/30/08, by Natalie .
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 5/01/08, by Rodeo.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 5/01/08, by Rodeo.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 5/01/08, by TC.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 5/01/08, by jobless.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 5/02/08, by hey jobless from Rodeo.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 5/03/08, by Natalie .
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 5/03/08, by Mike.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 7/01/08, by ~Bradley.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 7/01/08, by Natalie Chandler.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 7/01/08, by Nice way to malke a point - not.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 7/02/08, by jj.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 7/03/08, by Natalie Chandler.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 7/03/08, by Windsor Gal.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 7/03/08, by Natalie Chandler.
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• Re: I want a chance to teach, 7/04/08, by Natalie Chandler.
• Re: I want a chance to teach, 7/05/08, by Windsor Gal.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 7/15/08, by TIM.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 7/27/08, by Susie.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 8/27/08, by Boulder...I think NOT.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 8/28/08, by Natalie Chandler.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 9/11/08, by Rodeo.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 9/11/08, by Rodeo does not currently reside in CO, so ignore the jerk.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 9/11/08, by Why?.
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• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 9/11/08, by Natalie Chandler.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 9/12/08, by Thanks Why? Rodeo NFM.
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 9/12/08, by about jerks....
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• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 9/12/08, by Yeah, like lipstick on a pig....
• Re: Why no jobs in Loveland, 9/13/08, by Rodeo.
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