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Originally Posted by tony286
Lets see the first thing always cut is education. So you 40 to 50 kids in a classroom, most are latch key kids. Some of these schools dont even have libraries.
I always find it interesting its class warfare to say the rich should pay more in taxes but its not class war fare to attack teachers. People that go to school take on all kinds of debt to teach the children. Those same children the right are so afraid to leave them debt but a shitty education thats ok.
Also think about the monsters they have to deal with its not kids just waiting to be molded. Its like a prison guard with book in bad neighborhoods.
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The problem with school budgets isn't the teachers wanting more money it is that they have become a haven for administrators who do nothing and get paid heavy.
When I was in high school (I graduated in 1989) my high school had about 600 students. We had one principle, two vice principles (because we had two different campuses) and a school board made up of about 5 people. There were also 4 guidance counselors.
That same school now has around 700 students. It still has 1 principal and 2 vps. It has 8 counselors, 9 board members, 2 "advisers," a dean of students and 2 "curriculum consultants."
I have friends that have kids that go to this school and nobody seems to know what half these people do, but most of them are paid $100K a year or very close to it.
This is just on the local level. If you move up to the district level it is full of people who seem to work about 10-15 hours a week and get paid north of $100K a year. It is crazy.