[MOSAIC] Question for the group

[Carolyn Booth]

I agree with you Rosie. Our pay is not an extrinsic reward at all,  
but earnings that we need on which to live and pay our bills! The  
average student doesn't have to think about making ends meet. Most  
teachers enter the profession because we love to teach!

Carolyn Booth
Seventh-grade LA/SS/PE/Health
Pine Lake Middle School, WA




On Oct 7, 2006, at 10:35 AM, RR1981 at aol.com wrote:

>
> In a message dated 10/6/2006 10:09:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> lcannon at satx.rr.com writes:
>
> Aren't  pay scales extrinsic rewards?  I love teaching--but I also  
> really
> like  my paycheck.
>
>
> I disagree.  If I were extrinsically motivated by money I would  
> have  chosen
> a different profession.  My grade level chair tries to use this   
> logic on me
> as well and I just don't buy it.
>
> Rosie
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