A Can of Man
Je suis aware
The problem with investing excessively in education is the spending where it's not needed. Teacher's would spend more on their luxury items while working than on actual education material. I don't know if more education money is required vs. better micromanaging of how it's spent.
However, so I don't too far off topic, I'll stop there and recommend going to buy more SUV's and guns since we cling to them.
Okay now we're not off topic.
Well what would you expect when a teacher gets a pay cheque? Start buying books for students? The quality of life you can provide for a teacher DRAWS highly qualified people into that line of profession. This isn't that hard to figure out. If I know that by teaching, every day I'll be standing in front of pesky little kids who have adopted their parents' "I'm not satisfied with the service" attitude and know I'll have to come home to a small ass apartment where I have a bunch of things that I only have because of credit which I think will take over ten years to pay for... that's not including the house by the way. Forget it.
But, if you get good pay, get financial security and a good retirement package, that EMPOWERS you. Heck, if you think things are getting out of hand at school, the teachers can hire their own damned lawyer to battle it out and maybe even stand a chance.
It means they can have the flexibility to do what they need to get the job done, not shiver at the prospect of losing their job and their meager wage and getting shafted for life for doing the right thing.
Over-investing in education? I think that's the last thing we need to worry about at this point.