• MotoAsh@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    edit-2
    3 months ago

    In any case, anecdotes do not and cannot disprove the actual statistics.

    Also, if you live in a country that actually respects intelligence, I’d HOPE your teachers are actually paid well. Sadly, the US despises intelligence right now…

    • aidan@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      3 months ago

      In dying rural areas in the US teachers are generally some of the best paid. Its mostly in cities where their pay lags. But no, they live in the US in LA(CA, not the state). Also, FYI just because I live in one country doesn’t mean its the same my grandparents live in.

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        edit-2
        3 months ago

        Ahh yes, California, a state that pays more, AND in LA, where wages are WAY higher because cost of living is way higher…

        Thank you for describing why your anecdote is an outlier and DEFINITELY doesn’t prove any norm.

        • aidan@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          3 months ago

          Thank you for describing why your anecdote is an outlier and DEFINITELY doesn’t prove any norm.

          Where did I say it was the norm??? You called someone a liar for giving an anecdote. Outliers do happen…

          • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            edit-2
            3 months ago

            They’re a liar for attempting to use an anecdote to disprove a trend. That’s basic, basic manipulation tactics. Manipulation is wrong, misleading, and arguably lying when misusing data.

            • aidan@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              0
              ·
              3 months ago

              They never said anything about a trend. They said not all teachers are poor. That doesn’t mean they were disagreeing that teachers tend to be underpaid.

              • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                0
                ·
                3 months ago

                Context matters. The only reason to bring it up after the trend has been correctly stated is to try and gaslight people about how real the trend is.

                Stop being willfully dense. It’s beyond pathetic.

                • aidan@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  0
                  ·
                  3 months ago

                  The only reason to bring it up after the trend has been correctly stated is to try and gaslight people about how real the trend is.

                  Or to point out something that is true and important to recognize. Average trend doesn’t mean everyone.

                  Stop being willfully dense. It’s beyond pathetic.

                  Stop being so quick to see others as villains, its childish.

                  • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
                    link
                    fedilink
                    arrow-up
                    0
                    ·
                    edit-2
                    3 months ago

                    You keep digging that hole. I do not think you understand what position you’re in. Genuinely, pathetic. You’re not even the one that made the original gaslighting comment, yet here you are… defending gaslighting. Sad.