Gotta Get that Doe!!

In Wednesday's class, we discussed the issue of salaries. Of course this was all triggered by our week's discussion devoted to Karl Marx. Karl Marx described a communist state to be the fate of human nature. In a communist state, all are equal, supposedly. As we have seen in history, communism can be quite a failure if used as a governing tool. But, ideally, it is the perfect way to live. Everyone is equal, everyone is deserving of equality, which is what most, if not all people want. Equality.

However, in America and many other countries, there is a division of class. This leads to the higher and lower paying type jobs. The topic of the pay of teachers versus the athletes arose. I personally believe that teachers, of any grade level, should be given a salary much larger than it is. The only way a teacher can get a bigger salary is to work in the cities, or problem areas. But, all educators should have an increased pay. After all, it is the teachers who mold the future children. If paid better, education would increase. The teachers would feel important and not insignificant.

Meanwhile, while teachers can sometimes suffer from a pay good enough to just get by, athletes and actors, the ones on top, are paid in the millions. This is quite ridiculous, and I have always thought so. There work is recreation, and though they do do work, it is a different kind of work. Yes, athletes train hard, but should they really be paid in the millions, sometimes billions of dollars? And for actors and actresses, the ones on top have gotten so sloppy in appearance. Why are they also paid in the millions? Is it because they are considered famous? As Alex said, we idolize actors and athletes and make them better than us. It is like we feel that they have more talent, are superior to us because of some rare or unique talent, but meanwhile there jobs are no more important than say the job of a teacher.

Question: We idolize actors and athletes, but we search so hard for a scandal to bring them down. By doing so, are we just trying to bring down the people we have idolized so high?