Who should be paid more money?

[AMoore]

Wellardmac wrote:

AMoore wrote:

As a scientist, you should know that it is silly to view the salary and stress levels for a teacher in Central Bucks with that of the average teacher in other parts of the state. If you do that, you might as well compare the average PhD to a top scientist at Merck or Exxon.

And like I said, you can't compare performing on stage for 6 hours a day (to an audience that, for the most part, has no interest in seeing the show), and then taking care of two hours of desk work, to any normal workday in industry. I routinely have 12-14 hour days in my current profession. As someone who has been on both sides of the fence, a tough day practicing law is easier than an easy day of teaching.

By the way, I think some European labs have some openings if your not happy here.

Weak, pretty weak. If you comment about european labs is the best you can come up with, then you have problems.

If you were up on your reading you would find that on average naturalized americans are more patriotic, know US history better, and fulfill their civic duties more diligently than the average american that was born here - you really don't want to take a petty argument in that direction because you know you will not win that - to do so is just plain desperation because you can't do better on your main argument. I am so disappointed.

The reason this country is still a leader in technology is because of foreign born scientists coming here to work and study. The US has a problem generating their technologists, so the best and the brightest come here and make this country a better place and enrich the economy. Ponder that for a while while you take comfort in isolationism.

I certainly agree that naturalized citizens tend to be very patriotic. I did not attack naturalized citizens, and had no idea that was your status. I take issue with your personal position. Accordingly, my attack was not weak since you did not even respond to the substance of my post.