I haven't bothered to verify: My mother back in the early fifties said school teachers in Russia were paid more than actors. I visited (during Gorbachev) Moscow, and, fortuitously, it was the first day of school. The students all were bringing flowers for their teachers. Teachers were respected more than I think here, from what I've heard. My partner, Nancy, was a teacher in a majority Latinx school district -- the teachers were so respected generous financial votes always passed.
Teachers were 100% respected in Bulgaria. Respected and feared, because there was a lot of onus placed on academic achievement in a society where, unless you were in the nomenclutura, your only chance at a decent, respectable life was academic achievement.
Omg has no idea you were a fellow Reedie 🖤
(Great article as always, obviously. The weird insidious liberal genre of racism is quite something, and everywhere)
Dude, you went to Reed!? Let's gossip (you're probs younger than me but we can still gossip!)
I haven't bothered to verify: My mother back in the early fifties said school teachers in Russia were paid more than actors. I visited (during Gorbachev) Moscow, and, fortuitously, it was the first day of school. The students all were bringing flowers for their teachers. Teachers were respected more than I think here, from what I've heard. My partner, Nancy, was a teacher in a majority Latinx school district -- the teachers were so respected generous financial votes always passed.
Teachers were 100% respected in Bulgaria. Respected and feared, because there was a lot of onus placed on academic achievement in a society where, unless you were in the nomenclutura, your only chance at a decent, respectable life was academic achievement.