Teachers, follow A-Rod's example in contract talks By Thomas J. Cottle July 23, 2002 BOSTON -- For decades, critics of American culture have written about the sheer insanity of paying a teacher for one year's work what an athlete earns in a day. What utter madness underwrites a culture, these critics aver, that prizes entertainment over education, a society that literally values taking our minds off of important matters rather than learning these important matters in the first place. The utter irrationality of it all has recently been captured by the owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team who laments...