University Daily Kansan / Thursday, April 20, 1989
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Drawbacks don't deter would-be teachers
by Rias Mohamed Kansan staff writer
Many students pursuing teaching careers know that they might have to moonlight, but that has not affected their career choice.
"I have to do something in the summer to supplement my income, but teaching is something that I find personally fulfilling," said Kerry Neb. Neb., junior. "I feel it's worthwhile and if I have to take a second job."
Enrollment at the School of Education has increased during the past three years, although a survey shows that 40 percent of the teachers also work outside their school-related duties.
Robert D. Alley, associate dean of Wichita State University's College of Education, who did the survey with Marcus T. Ballenger, associate professor of instruction services at Wichita State, said that Kansas
teachers moonlighted more than twice as often as their counterparts nationwide.
Alley mailed 2,500 questionnaires to randomly selected teachers in Kansas in May 1987, and 618 of those were returned.
Alley's survey showed that 34 percent of the respondents said that they wouldn't enter the teaching profession if they were to choose again.
Jerry D. Bailey, associate dean of education, said that the survey could vary depending upon when it was done. Teachers responding at the end of the school year could have been fatigued with their work, which could be attributed to as many as 34 percent who wanted to teach again, he said.
"That's a possibility. But you can't conclude that," Alley said.
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 17 percent of teachers moonlit nationally.
Flynn said that she hadn't thought about taking night jobs but was determined to teach because she enjoyed it.
Alley said.
Teachers' salaries should be increased, she said, because teachers have an effect on tomorrow's children.
"You are given thought-provoking questions to make you really think this is what you want to do because of the salaries," she said.
The School of Education impresses on students the salary limitations, she said.
Starting salary for education graduates in the North Kansas City School District and the Shawnee Mission School District is about $20,000. Bailey said that teachers' salaries were not "particularly good or particularly bad."
Jyl Wilkie, Overland Park senior, said that she knew she would have to
take a second job because her friends who teach also work evenings in places such as Hallmark card shops and restaurants where guards at swimming pools, she said.
"I wanted to be a teacher from day one, and I think the experience of working with children and watching them grow physically and emotionally will be worth the lower pay," she said.
Wilkie said she hadn't decided about moonlighting.
"It depends where I am. If I am in Overland Park and there is a job, I might consider that. But if I'm married, I probably wouldn't." she said.
Second jobs also lead to increased absenteeism and more illnesses, which would in turn lead to greater stress levels, Alley said.
Wilkie said, "If the second job is necessary for you to live, you have to deal with that. You need to balance your new job with your income."
Najib offers to trade his position for peace
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Nearly 250 people were reported killed in battle between the army and Moslem guerrillas, and President Hassan Nasrullah announced Wednesday to help end the 11-year-old Afghan civil war.
Najib said his Soviet-sponsored government was holding talks with the rebels based in Pakistan and Iran. Afghanistan's neighbors on the east and west, but would not give details.
The officials said fighting was reported in six of the country's 32 provinces.
Najib offered, as he has before,
to resign if that would end the war.
"If there is a guarantee that if I
down step this will ensure peace,
then I will step down," he said. "I am prepared to give away a post, and I am prepared to sacrifice my life for peace."
In an interview with CBS, the 43-year-old leader called for direct talks with the United States and asked him willing to meet President Bush.
Washington closed its embassy before Soviet troops completed their withdrawal Feb. 15 under a U.N.-mediated agreement.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Nabi Amani said government forces killed 148 rebels and wounded 67 in fighting around the city of Kandahar. Herat, Paktia, Laghman and Faryab provinces.
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