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Jan 03, 2011, 08:10 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,116
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Originally Posted by Keep Running
If I'm honest, a lot of "do gooder" professions actually pay good wages. Doctors are one, definitely. But social workers are relatively well paid, as are police officers, counsellors, teachers, and so on. Nurses and para-medics are hardly scraping by, either. I think 50% of the attraction is the good money and job security, then the other 50% is the 'feel good factor' of helping others for a living.
When I was in primary school all those years ago my Deputy Head Teacher actually told us bluntly that if she wasn't getting paid okay for her job, she wouldn't do it. I forget the exact topic which made her say that, but it's true. There is money involved in the motivation, definitely.
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I strongly disagree with your contention that money is a motivator for "do gooders." Also take exception to your statement that "counsellors" are "relatively well paid."
In response to your statement that money is a motivator. I do kind things for people outside my employment. I do nice things for people with no thought of recompense. I doubt I am the only person who does "do gooder" things without being paid for them.
As to being "relatively well paid". I have a Master's degree and am a licensed mental health counselor for a non-profit agency. The youth care workers (glorified baby sitters) in our youth shelter make almost as much money as I do. The have a GED or high school diploma. By no stretch of the imagination am I "relatively well paid."
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