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    "Why Women Are Paid Less than Men"‚ Thurow A professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management for more than forty years‚ consultant for government and private corporations as well as author of various books that address economic and public policy issues‚ Lester C. Thurow published his article “Why Women Are Paid Less Than Men” in the New York Times on March 8‚ 1981. In this article‚ Thurow presents an explanation for the historical disparity between men and women’s wages. Based upon the statistics

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    Why Do Athletes Get Paid?

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    Have you ever wondered what’s behind all the touchdowns and homeruns‚ the athletes make it happen‚ however what’s behind the athletes? For example‚ Ray Rice the football player‚ he beat up his girlfriend.If he was not in the National Football League he would be sitting behind bars right now. After all‚ Ray Rice is the 1 of 100 of athletes that were not fully punished for their actions. Many people believe that it doesn’t matter about the story behind them‚ just what their doing right now. Besides

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    Teachers are People Too Ever Garrison once said “a teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity‚ knowledge‚ and wisdom in people”(Ever Garrison Quotes 2017). Teachers are an underappreciated group of people. Teachers are one of many professions that make less money in the working world. Teachers start out making only $30‚377‚ opposed to other jobs like computer programmers‚ who make $43‚635 and RN’s who make a staggering $45‚570 (NAE). Teachers attend school longer than both of these

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    Why do some people get paid more than others?” Pay in the private sector is a matter of demand and supply‚ sometimes influenced by market imperfections. In the public sector the picture is less clear cut‚ but the public sector must be considered if only because in so many countries it is such a major employer. (It would be a big mistake to assume that MRP doesn’t affect the public sector just because it doesn’t exist in most of the public sector. Since public sector employees have alternative

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    College players need to get paid for what they do. When college players do not get paid‚ they do not get paid for the great things that they do on national TV. College players make more money for school playing their sport than people’s salaries. Did you know that just if you make it to the NCAA BCS game‚ you get at least six million dollars. That’s not even if you win. Sure student athletes get free things like free tuition‚ board‚ room fees‚ and food‚ but paying players would give them money for

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    Is it fair professional male athletes get paid more than the women? Most female athletes don’t feel appreciated as much as the males do. According to Thomasson‚ females in America continue to be viewed as the “weaker sex”‚ and inevitably this mentality continues to impact women in American society (para 1.). Most of us females believe that in order for them to feel equal as the male athletes they’d have to do everything a male has to do and they shouldn’t feel as if there aren’t perfect for the way

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    Teachers do not get paid when they are on vacation. The teachers get to summer‚ spring break‚ and Christmas off. That you get to be with your kids in class five days a week. A teacher could get close to some of his/her students. The average salary for a teacher is 44‚844. The elementary hourly rate is $14.71 that is not a lot of money for a teacher. The middle school and high school teachers get paid more than the elementary teachers do. Different students have different perspectives for a teacher

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    easy to understand why someone would love gardening so much. After all‚ how could that much raking‚ shoveling‚ and sweating in the hot afternoon sun be enjoyable? The answer‚ of course‚ is that it is fun! Maybe‚ that is because gardeners have a much different attitude about this type of work than others do. And attitude is everything when it comes to performing any task. A little bit of determination and the drive to succeed doesn’t hurt either. But that can be applied to anything. So it helps others

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    Is it really worth to pay athletes so much money? People are saying that Pro athletes are getting paid way too much. Athletes are role models and motivators for kids. Also a lot of their money comes from sponsorships. Team Owners and Sponsorships pay athletes a reasonable amount. They also are role models for kids that look up to them a lot. People make athletes role models because they want to be just like that athlete in the future and follow what they do off the field. The kids will always look

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    Athletes are playing in sports every left and right all around the world. But many people think they are getting paid too much. But many don’t think that they do because they earn their money‚ have chronic health problems when they retire‚ and they dedicate their lives to their sport. To begin with‚ athletes do get paid a lot but don’t you think they earn it? Athletes get paid billions and doctors don’t get paid that much but athletes get paid more because they earn it. They earn it like LeBron

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