▶ Your Answer : While constantly debated that money does not translate into happiness, satisfaction or quality life, it is undeniably a force powerful enough to motivate most of us in today's competitive world. The prevalence of individuals striving to become white-collared workers rather than blue-collared laborers despite the former's high academic demands strongly exemplifies this notion. This also relates to a discussion on whether more money should be spent on University professors, many of whom have gone through various gruelling challenges to satisfy their need: money. Because our drives to succeed are so strongly influenced by wealth, my preference goes towards increasing their salaries. An increase in pay would promote better performance among professors generally receiving income proportional to their quality of teaching. If the situation was inverted so that the changes in salaries do not necessarily reflect the changes in skills of lecturing, the professors would see little justification in working with extra effort for no significant gain, discouraging them trying their hardest. On the other hand, a salary increase for improvement would foster a competitive environment for University professors, in which they would attempt to outperform one another in their respective fields in order to prove they are worthy of increased incomes. Of course, this phenomenon would not occur very dramatically as the description of this "competition" might suggest. However, the essence of working furiously to further their rewards would exist nonetheless. Another reason for favoring increased salaries for University professors is rooted in a philosophical principle called minimalism, optimizing outcomes by minimizing trivial aspects and maximizing important ones. Assuming that the physical structure of a facility is developed well enough to prevent external enviroments from affecting students' learning, there is little else than professors' salaries that more money could be spent on for meaningful improvements. Other aspects of Universities, including physical structures, have limits to which it could improve student's performance; after all, transition from an already functional cement to an expensive golden wall does not make a better student. Raising salaries, on the other hand, could bring unlimited improvements to the teaching facility, much like capitalism bringing better technology every year. Why not spend more money on an aspect could infinitely improve learning environment rather than ones that have limited potential? More spending on University professors' salaries could foster learning environments with quality teaching and motivated professors that spending on another feature of the facility cannot provide.
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