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""Now, though, teachers are not kept on chains, they are effectively shackled by their salaries. Had they sufficient spunk to resign, they would not originally have allowed themselves to sink into the slavery of teaching." Hilarious rant on pedagogues written a hundred years ago (or just yesterday)." — Apr 20, 2013 10:38pm
""Now, though, teachers are not kept on chains, they are effectively shackled by their salaries. Had they sufficient spunk to resign, they would not originally have allowed themselves to sink into the slavery of teaching." Hilarious rant on pedagogues written a hundred years ago (or just yesterday)." — Apr 20, 2013 10:38pm
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