The schools I taught in didn’t have a supply closet. I couldn’t go anywhere for pencils or pens or Kleenexes. If the kids didn’t bring their own, I bought them. I taught 16 years. I left making $41,000 a year.
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You are a true hero. I'm sorry the ruling class does not agree.
jul 20, 2025, 9:52 pm • 2 0 • view
I doubt the teacher wants to use play-doh or crayons for herself. This person is not thinking straight.
jul 21, 2025, 3:34 am • 4 0 • view
Retired in 2018 making 55K in a red state after 40 years. Teachers aren’t in education for the money.
jul 20, 2025, 11:31 pm • 22 2 • view
I’m not sure what to make of this comment.
jul 21, 2025, 5:07 am • 3 0 • view
My flabber has definitely been gasted.
jul 21, 2025, 10:52 am • 0 0 • view
Make of it teachers aren’t paid enough.
jul 21, 2025, 10:08 am • 11 0 • view
I am so mad that they are giving ICE agents sign on bonus, school loan forgiveness & starting them at up to 100K it shows where our priorities are in this country
aug 16, 2025, 2:00 am • 0 0 • view
Teacher salaries were always low compared to other professions. No idea now, as have been retired since 2008.
jul 20, 2025, 9:13 pm • 3 0 • view
Dear lord... in the UK state schools are funded, and that includes books, exercise books, tech stuff, computers, libraries, trips, writing and art equipment, instruments, PE kit, science kit... etc. Budgets are very big.
jul 20, 2025, 9:12 pm • 11 1 • view
Everything is funded at our school district in California, too. Except gym clothes but we don’t have to buy the school ones. It sucks that it varies so widely from state to state here.
jul 20, 2025, 11:20 pm • 3 0 • view
The USA is so large... I can see why States have some autonomy... shame some are so misguided.
jul 21, 2025, 11:10 am • 0 0 • view
🙏🏼💫❤️🩹
jul 20, 2025, 9:05 pm • 6 0 • view
Although I have no direct proof 😆 When I went to school discrete corporal punishment was a thing. I never remember being without "supplies" to facilitate my ability to learn. That was over 60 years ago. I think the "supply" closet may have been used for "other" educational tools....again, no proof😆
jul 20, 2025, 10:32 pm • 0 0 • view
Compare a teacher’s salary to the starting rate of the ICE goons.
jul 21, 2025, 2:44 am • 3 0 • view
I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s in Southern California. I had never seen a supply list until community college. Moved to Tennessee and raised my children here. The supply list for all five of my kids was a huge burden for us. Thankfully, both my mom and his mom were educators and helped…
jul 20, 2025, 10:48 pm • 4 0 • view
….but so many of my neighbors didn’t have that privilege. I know the teachers made up for that. I also wonder, how many meals that teachers pay for?
jul 20, 2025, 10:50 pm • 4 0 • view
Compare with Nordic countries that pay teachers top salaries, making the field highly coveted and competitive. While US universities have ranked among the world's best, the quality of its K-12 education is fairly checkered.
jul 20, 2025, 9:52 pm • 10 2 • view
Same here Jess
jul 20, 2025, 9:06 pm • 2 0 • view
I left education after six years for the same reason. With a masters degree in science, I made $55,000. That included a $5,000 bonus for teaching physics. I ended up buying paper, pencils, markers, poster board, etc., for students. The district and many parents refused to provide it. It’s ridiculous
jul 20, 2025, 11:20 pm • 3 1 • view
Sounds like you should move to a blue state where we respect teachers. 🤷🏼♂️
jul 20, 2025, 9:53 pm • 0 0 • view
I bought my own supplies. I also kept a large box of snacks for hungry students.
jul 20, 2025, 11:11 pm • 3 0 • view