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Sometimes I read the front page articles on Sherdog. The one aout the fighters pay was a pretty good read. I did find this paragraph very interesting as it shows a pretty distict difference between teaching in Canada (possibly just in Ontario) and teaching in in the United States (Likely a local thing for the author too)
Teachers here are paid obscene amounts and given tons of benefits.
You may be wondering: Who am I to judge the business acumen behind the largest, most successful MMA promotion on the planet? It’s not as if my chosen professions -- teaching and writing -- are signs of good economic judgment. I understand the sentiment, but there are illuminating parallels between teachers and fighters. Teachers teach and fighters fight because they are intrinsically motivated to do what they love. It’s laughable to think anyone goes into either profession for the big bucks. Attempts to pay teachers based on performance have largely failed due to the fact that there’s no clean way to measure performance. Don’t leave it in the hands of the standardized test. This is comparable to the inherent messiness of trying to quantify a fight on a scorecard.
Read more at http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/Stinton-Demotivating-Factors-133979#PfEGSEC5ZYqBEwyK.99
Teachers here are paid obscene amounts and given tons of benefits.
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