Ser maestro en Venezuela

venezuelan teachers have historically been the object of a sort of double discourse on the part of educational authorities. by constant repetition, this double discourse may have become part of our people？s beliefs about what teachers are or must be. at times apostles and at other times mercenaries, such epithets have come and gone according to the circumstances, be these at government-promoted ceremonies or during union-promoted conflicts. despite the cyclical disqualifications, the leaders of the teaching profession have often been at the forefront in the many struggles that along decades have played a key role in the improvement of the yet modest salaries that have been common place in the teaching job in this country. the beginning of the twenty first century has not necessarily brought good news in this regard as the salaries earned are still to catch up with the relatively high inflation in this country, a situation which leads us to think that unionized teachers will continue to fight for better working and living conditions in the years to come. however, the hypothesis can be entertained that these struggles will not necessarily lead to massive teacher dropouts due to the relatively strong motivational factors that tend to keep our teachers at their jobs despite the relatively high levels of dissatisfaction with the low salaries paid.