Re: [Phys-L] MOOC: Edx Offers Mechanics course by Prof.Walter Lewin

["Anthony Lapinski" <Anthony_Lapinski@pds.org>]

I guess it all comes down to what society values and is willing to pay
for. But who/what makes society better for everyone?

a musician?
an athlete?
a politician?
a teacher?

Hmmmm....


Phys-L@Phys-L.org writes:
> I missed this the first time around.  John, do you have any idea what
> preparation for a performance entails? Not to mention the hours and hours
> preparing one's voice or musical skills to perform for a major orchestra?
>  Learning your instrument to that point is no feat to be brushed off by
> anyone who has never done it.  The hours to prepare alone are more than
> even the best prepared athlete and on the night of the performance they
> must be at their best... no excuses there, unlike a cleanup hitter who
> strikes out with the bases loaded or a running back who fumbles on the
> one year line, or a basketball player who misses a free throw at the
> buzzer.  There is no room for error like that when you are performing
> Beethoven's fifth and it comes to your solo.  They are worth every penny!
>
> Likewise, Tyson... the man didn't get where he is today by hanging around
> the observatory for a few hours... Let him get paid what the market will
> bear... even if it is a pre-written lecture.  One doesn't go to a lecture
> expecting to have your life changed, but to learn something you didn't
> know before.  
>
> How many of you have actually attended a Lewin lecture?  I have attended
> several and the man is an amazing teacher!  Worth every cent he is paid
> and worth his weight in gold for MIT!    
>
> On Jun 20, 2013, at 7:52 PM, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
>
> > On 2013, Jun 20, , at 10:34, John Clement <clement@hal-pc.org> wrote:
> >
> > > If you go to an opera with a
> > > star, the star gets a large salary for a few hours performance plus a
> > > rehearsal.  How much does a star athlete get/game?  If you look at the
> > > amount of training and preparation, Tysen may be overpriced compared
> to a
> > > trained singer or dancer who has to continually work at their art. 
> Tysen
> > > merely has to write and deliver a lecture, and he probably has a
> number of
> > > boilerplates ready.  He may be underpaid relative to a star athlete.
> >
> > The athletes must keep fit tho.
> >
> > I viewed an archive of the SF Symp. strike of a few years ago wherein
> the presenter (Salinas local TV, naturely) derided that they "got" $165k
> and they wanted more!   Ha!  Most musicians good enuf for a major
> orchestra started < six and pr hours daily forever.  
> > bc  retired w/ > 1/2 that, so the musicians were not overpaid.
> >
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