That’s pretty much it. They’re legally two people and can get certified for things independently. They both have a driver’s license for example. However, as teachers they can only teach one class at a time. It’s all just the nature of their problem. Though I will say it seems like the college probably could have worked with them a little bit given their unique situation.
Two hands is the main issue, not the minds; very few business models where this is an inherent advantage.
If they got into software engineering, mathematician, etc. and actively used their two minds to scale off each other... potentially could see two paychecks; pair programming is a very common thing and having that extra pair of eyes really does improve the overall quality of the delivered product.
Throw "them" onto a sustainment team and they'll easily run the show (barring both have the skills for it).
The other question I have is... do they both share in sensation? do they both operate the limbs? or is one a talking head and the other has actual bodily control.
That plays a factor into things as well... if only one can control the body... it lowers the value even more.
Realistically speaking... doubt you would even get hired at my workplace; that comment just made think through the entire 2-3 campuses of staff and I don't think we have "anyone" that is missing a limb.
We do have folks in wheel-chairs... but they have their hands.
My "guess" is that HR would simply pre-screen them out, never even make it to the interviewer.
I don’t see how missing a limb would stop you from working a desk job, the only issue I can think of is typing speed, as if that matters in most jobs anyway.
I'm not an expert but I believe the defining aspect of whether something would be considered discrimination against a physical impairment (in the US) is if a job can be performed with what are considered "reasonable accommodations." So if a particular job requires someone to answer a phone and use a mouse and a keyboard at the same time in order to use multiple programs on dual monitors it wouldn't be a good fit for someone with one arm.
But would it be discrimination not to hire them- it probably would if the applicant could prove it but there'd no way to do so. A lot of the online typing tests and whatnot would filter them out, the company wouldn't even know the potential employee just had one arm- they'd just know that they type slower than most of the other applicants.
co teaching is a thing too, we just don't value teachers or teaching like we do programmers so it happens less cuz who wants to pay two teachers in one room https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-teaching
A big advantage of co-teaching is having two separate bodies that can do two different things in the classroom. One can be teaching up front, while the other is preparing the next activity, or quietly helping a student with something, etc. Two people tied to one body really doesn’t provide the same benefits.
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u/JF-San 1d ago
Maybe the reasoning was this...?
They have two brains so they're two students learning.
They have one body so it's just one working