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David Eddings

I taught in a small teacher's college for three or four years, at which point all the administrators got a pay raise and the teaching faculty didn't.

David Eddings

Teacher

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David Eddings is pointing out that after a few years of teaching, the people in charge of the college received higher salaries while the teachers themselves did not benefit from any pay increase. This highlights a situation where those managing the institution gained financially, but the actual educators remained underpaid.

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