You are reminding me of a couple of observations or rather questions. First, why is it so easy to pay the person who mows the yard more than the person who watches our child; which is more precious to us -- or are we just accustomed to paying certain rates despite our values? Second, from a friend, why was she prepared to help underperforming children but not to deal with wealthy, overinvolved parents?
In so many ways, inequality seems to be baked into the infrastructure of the world of work. We want to promote democracy on the one hand, and on the other one we withhold a living wage from teachers who are teaching the next generation of voters. It is a huge mistake to assume that the inequality of paycheck between education and business will not have an impact on democracy itself.
You are reminding me of a couple of observations or rather questions. First, why is it so easy to pay the person who mows the yard more than the person who watches our child; which is more precious to us -- or are we just accustomed to paying certain rates despite our values? Second, from a friend, why was she prepared to help underperforming children but not to deal with wealthy, overinvolved parents?
In so many ways, inequality seems to be baked into the infrastructure of the world of work. We want to promote democracy on the one hand, and on the other one we withhold a living wage from teachers who are teaching the next generation of voters. It is a huge mistake to assume that the inequality of paycheck between education and business will not have an impact on democracy itself.