G'morning Vern,

 VH> The problem we have is that in many cases the teachers come from the
 VH> same ethnic background, and lack the skills or desire to actually
 VH> teach.

Not a common problem in New Zealand ... I hope.

 MM> VH> Our problem here is that the
 MM> VH> worst schools are in the worst areas.  Well-paid
 MM> VH> teachers don't want to
 MM> VH> live in those areas.

Ours tend to commute by car from their home suburb to the work 
school;  some of ex-staff now drive across the metropolis some 40 
or 50kms to serve in `deprived' areas...

 MM>Exactly so here ... but if you really want to be a senior
 MM>teacher,  then a few years service in a `worst' area is
 MM>the way to secure it.

 VH> I wish we could do that.  Unfortunately, we can't keep
 VH> teachers under those conditions.

 I guess we have blessings here, because of our small 4.2m 
population, that we never, ever think of....

Miles.
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