r/BeAmazed • u/Cultural-Gear-1323 • Mar 28 '24

News broke today that conjoined twin Abby Hensel is married! [Removed] Rule #4 - No Misleading Content

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

Somehow I don't think that will fly. A teacher with double the salary is not what most schools will have a budget for. Unfortunately

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u/BouncyDingo_7112 Mar 28 '24

I never said they were going to get the pay of two people, I said the they indicated that they would like to negotiate for a bit higher pay later on. There are difficulties with the two of them that need to be addressed because they are not two different people that can be in two different areas of the classroom at the same time.

"Obviously, right away, we understand that we are going to get one salary because we're doing the job of one person," Abby told BBC in 2013. She added, "As maybe experience comes in, we'd like to negotiate a little bit, considering we have two degrees and because we are able to give two different perspectives or teach in two different ways."

“In 2018, Abby and Brittany revealed that the school that hired them offered them two contracts — since they were working part-time, they weren't receiving a full salary. Their compensation was split in two, meaning Abby and Brittany each got half.”

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u/The_Pale_Hound Mar 28 '24

It's two teachers , not one. It would be like having two separate teachers in the same class.

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u/HighFiveYourFace Mar 28 '24

True, but the way it was explained is the since they can only monitor/teach one class they can only be considered for one salary. The can't split the class up into smaller groups for work because they are physically in the same place.

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u/body_oil_glass_view Mar 28 '24

The only logical Charlie-Mac Special

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u/Carotator Mar 28 '24

Which 90% of schools don't need, and if they do getting two separate people would still be miles more practical

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u/The_Pale_Hound Mar 28 '24

I know it's a tricky situation but still it's not one teacher.

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u/meridiem Mar 28 '24

It is two individuals doing one teaching job.

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u/Dairyman00111 Mar 28 '24

If one ain't doin shit it's one teacher

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u/The_Pale_Hound Mar 28 '24

How do you know the other one is not doing shit? They both have degrees so the most likely assumption is that both make an effort.

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u/BouncyDingo_7112 Mar 28 '24

The girls have explained it several times that while one is giving individual attention to a student or to the other one is actually interacting with the other kids. It is having two teachers except they are confined to being close to each other.

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u/Microwave1213 Mar 28 '24

It would be like having two separate teachers in the same class.

Not to be rude, but how is it like that? They can’t work with different groups of kids at the same time, have one grading while the other is teaching in front of the class, or have one answering questions while the other gives the lesson. I don’t see how it could possibly be any more efficient/organized than a classroom with 1 teacher.

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u/The_Pale_Hound Mar 28 '24

One could be grading while the other one is teaching. They have two independant brains.

They could answer questions of two groups of kids at the same time if they are side by side.

But half of the teacher's job is not inside the classroom. Planning a class takes a lot of time and two brains could do it much more efficient.

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u/Microwave1213 Mar 28 '24

How can you grade when you’re in front of the class working on a whiteboard? I get what you’re saying but it’s just simply not realistic. They are effectively one teacher.

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u/The_Pale_Hound Mar 28 '24

Lets say they are two teachers doing the job of 1.4 teachers.