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One job is important to the prosperity and safety of our future. The other can disappear tomorrow and nothing would change (discuss.online)
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[–] 57 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

This, and also teachers disproportionately consider their job too important to do to quit completely when mistreated.

Which the dystopian profit machine takes advantage of to mistreat the shit out of some of the most important and laudable people in the world.

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    I have a friend in Kentucky. Lovely lady. We've known each other about twenty years now. Long time ago she was a waitress earning decent money but wanted to be a teacher. It was going to be a financial hit (the fuck?) but I encouraged her to follow her dream.

    Long story short she lasted two years before being crushed by the machine and quitting.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Yeah, I was a year or so into a job that paid close to 2x when I got my degree and couldn't justify it. It wasn't a great or high paying job either.

    I really looked into it though and there are a lot of systemic problems with public schools. I didn't think I'd have the stomach for it. Plus you need another six figure degree to pay for with less money.

    Now to clarify, where I live this is because of race. The government has absolutely failed the African American population. The drug war and public schools were all that was really required.

    When they integrated the schools, they just abandoned the South and let local and state government handle it. This is the Jim Crow government that requires the national guard to integrate schools.

    Now you've got a separate but far superior education. That's kinda been in place for a couple of generations.

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