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In Roanoke
By GEORGE BOWLES
The Virginia Education Association has completed its convention in Roanoke, and the message from the delegates assembled is clear.
The teachers of the Commonwealth, to paraphrase the President, have had it up to their keisters.
The reason for their unhappiness is not complicated. The teachers regard themselves - with considerable justification - as the most overworked and underpaid members of any professional group. Not only that, but with the possible exception of medical professionals, they are convinced - again with considerable justification - that their contribution to society is among the most important.
After all, they are charged with the responsibility of educating new generations of citizens. How well or poorly they do their jobs will profoundly affect the quality of our future society.
As professionals* the teachers accept this responsibility. Society, which is to say the taxpayers, welcomes their acceptance. But the teachers have this crazy notion that their pay should be more in line with
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