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<blockquote data-quote="Harlock" data-source="post: 1907067" data-attributes="member: 4545"><p>So I'm watching the news last night and an American Football player is being interviewed about his teams recent suckitude (Dallas Cowboys you know) and the player starts talking. Now, out of his mouth comes some of the worst grammar and pronunciation I have ever heard! He actually said the word frustrated as "fusstrated"! My wife and I turn to one another, jaws still on the ground, and begin discussing this...</p><p></p><p>This guy got a full ride to a decent and fully accredited university in the United States of America and in all that time never learned how to speak properly? And, to top that free education off the fellow makes $1.2 million a year now, not including signing bonuses and incentives. </p><p></p><p>My wife, who made straight A's all through grade school, scored high on both the ACT and SAT, and went to a smallish university in our home town because of its reputation for turning out fine educators (her majors were Education and French) got partial scholarships her first three years and by her fourth year, finally got a scholarship big enough to cover 100% of tuition and books. She ended up graduating magna cum laude and now, with 8 years of teaching under her belt makes the whopping $32k a year. </p><p></p><p>I am well aware of the fact that football, in many universities, pays a lot of bills. My problem is that the people that entertain us are granted every oppurtunity under the sun and given millions of dollars for putting on their show, while the people that educate us put up with; snotty kids, impatient and rude parents and barely scrape out a living if they have to rely on their teaching job as their soul source of income. </p><p></p><p>Shame on us for having poor priorities. When will America wake up and realize teachers, cops, fire fighters and other civil servants are true role models and deserve recognition as well as monetary compensation commensurate with such status?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Harlock, post: 1907067, member: 4545"] So I'm watching the news last night and an American Football player is being interviewed about his teams recent suckitude (Dallas Cowboys you know) and the player starts talking. Now, out of his mouth comes some of the worst grammar and pronunciation I have ever heard! He actually said the word frustrated as "fusstrated"! My wife and I turn to one another, jaws still on the ground, and begin discussing this... This guy got a full ride to a decent and fully accredited university in the United States of America and in all that time never learned how to speak properly? And, to top that free education off the fellow makes $1.2 million a year now, not including signing bonuses and incentives. My wife, who made straight A's all through grade school, scored high on both the ACT and SAT, and went to a smallish university in our home town because of its reputation for turning out fine educators (her majors were Education and French) got partial scholarships her first three years and by her fourth year, finally got a scholarship big enough to cover 100% of tuition and books. She ended up graduating magna cum laude and now, with 8 years of teaching under her belt makes the whopping $32k a year. I am well aware of the fact that football, in many universities, pays a lot of bills. My problem is that the people that entertain us are granted every oppurtunity under the sun and given millions of dollars for putting on their show, while the people that educate us put up with; snotty kids, impatient and rude parents and barely scrape out a living if they have to rely on their teaching job as their soul source of income. Shame on us for having poor priorities. When will America wake up and realize teachers, cops, fire fighters and other civil servants are true role models and deserve recognition as well as monetary compensation commensurate with such status? [/QUOTE]
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