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  • Table 73.Percent of public school teachers who agree strongly or agree somewhat with specific aspects of job satisfaction: 1984 and 1995

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                                Item                             |           1984              |           1995
                                                                 |-----------------------------|-----------------------------
                                                                 |              |Teachers with |              |Teachers with
                                                                 |    Total     |fewer than    |    Total     |fewer than
                                                                 |   Teachers   |five years    |   Teachers   |five years
                                                                 |              |experience    |              |experience
    -------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------
                                  1                              |      2       |      3       |      4       |      5
    -------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------
                                                                 |              |              |              |
    I love to teach .............................................|           97 |           98 |           97 |           99
    I am usually recognized for good performance ................|           70 |           72 |           77 |           80
    I have to spend too much time on administrative tasks .......|           73 |           65 |           74 |           72
    I would advise a young person to pursue a career in teaching |           45 |           63 |           67 |           77
    My job allows me the opportunity to earn a decent salary ....|           37 |           31 |           63 |           43
    The training and preparation teachers receive today does     |              |              |              |
      a good job preparing them for the classroom ...............|           46 |           58 |           57 |           64
    I sometimes feel pressure to promote students even when      |              |              |              |
      I know they have not mastered minimum requirements ........|          --- |          --- |           54 |           59
    As a teacher, I feel respected in today's society ...........|           47 |           49 |           54 |           57
    -------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------
    ---Not available.
    

    SOURCE: Metropolitan Life/Louis Harris Associates, Inc., The Metropolitan Life Survey of The American Teacher, 1984-1995. (This table was prepared April 1996.)

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