Comments by "whyamimrpink78" (@whyamimrpink78) on "West Virginia Teachers' Strike May Soon Sweep The Nation" video.

  1. Consider that we just left a recession where inflation was at less than 1%. Many private sector jobs were losing hours and wages and thus income. At that point you have to ask public sector jobs to do the same thing, that includes teachers. Chris Christie faced the same issue in NJ and there is a video of him addressing a teacher on the issue.
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  2. Teachers sign 180 day contract, get every weekend off, every summer and holiday off, and get raises throughout their first few years. After a few years they use the same curriculum over and over again. It is pretty much a part time job.
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  3. Ryne Green, I pursued a route of being a teacher. It was not for me so I went elsewhere. However, the job title is not hard. If you manage your class room than you are fine. Once you have that down it is a part time job.
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  4. "Living wage" is subjective.
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  5. This is a problem of our education system. Teachers care more about their paycheck than actually education the children.
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  6. Joshua, money does not grow on trees. I work in the public schools. Textbooks are falling apart because students do not take care of them. They ruin them that is on them. Same with supplies. As for your kids their education starts with you. Teach them to take care of supplies. Teach them to study. Don't rely on the teachers to educate your children.
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  7. Joshua, using old textbooks is not a problem. Most topics have not change that drastically. As for teachers purchasing supplies, that happens in every job. I have to buy materials for my job. You work at a job you have to buy certain clothes at times. That's life. Buying a car to get to work is arguably buying supplies for work. As for you teaching your kids, great. Do it. Push them to succeed. You point to physics, calculus, etc. Those are advanced courses. They typically have the best students and thus the bests supplies that don't get destroyed. And a lot of schools don't offer those advanced courses where one can take them in college if they want where people are required to buy their own materials. I support teachers, but in the end it is a part time job compared to most jobs on the market. You become a teacher with the desire to teach, not to become rich. Also, a harsh reality people have to understand is that a K-12 education is really not that valuable. You learn the very basics. As I mentioned earlier, topics like physics, calculus, etc. are taught in college. They offer remedial courses. I am a substitute teacher. I studied education in grad school for a year and understand the issue. I inspired to be a teacher at one point but realized my talents are needed elsewhere. I teach at a university and see the product the K-12 education produces. When I left high school I lacked a lot of skills, but I was taught basic things. I had college to help be progress and remedial courses if needed. In my opinion the K-12 education needs to be approached differently, and there is not real clear answer in how though. But in the very end a teacher becomes a teacher for their desire to teach and serve the community. They don't do it for the money. I find this strike to be disturbing.
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  8. Education is typically funded with property taxes. Removing the inheritance tax actually increases revenue for education.
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  9. Oklahoma is not going blue. It is as red as it gets.
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