Former public school teacher here. Former Department Chair. Former sponsor of an after-school program. John Arthur is THE MAN. I don't know him but can tell you just from this short video that he embodies what public education is all about. Community. And elevating students. Teachers are ROCK STARS. Sadly, too many in the GOP are determined to damage public education and drain its coffers for their friends in the private sector. John Arthur is precisely the kind of professional we need to stop them. KEEP ON MARCHING, JOHN!
a senator that makes 6 figures and receives the best health care in the world and the best retirement (via kickbacks, insider trading, and lobbying) has the gall to push back against higher pay for teachers? what a jerk
Mr Arthur is a perfect example of fine, smart upstanding teacher and democrat! We have all the Intellectuals who live in the real world and follow the rules! Maga republicans have lost their way - just look at who they worship 🙄
I met Bill Cassidy when he was a new congressman, and I was a teacher in Louisiana. He should be the last person on the planet to listen to on education. He's a MAIN reason LA is 47 in education. He got his 30-year-old Nephew (with 2 years of teaching experience) installed as the principal of my H.S., he was totally unqualified. I taught for 12 years, no longer teach and no longer live in the shithole state of Louisiana
I have an aunt that's a retired elementary teacher and an uncle that's a retired principal in Colorado. They told their two kids they would pay for their education as long as they didn't go into teaching. I'd imagine teaching is a better profession in Colorado than Louisiana, which tells you how bad it is.
Teachers DO NOT prioritize political “agenda’s” while educating our students. I can’t understand why anyone would believe that. We don’t have time to do that. We’re more concerned about teaching students critical thinking skills, reading and writing proficiency and proper etiquette. Bravo to Mr. Arthur! 🎉
@@ubereats3048 I’d be happy to have you visit my classroom any day. This is relentless talking point, and while I’m sure political ideology is shared inappropriately, that is not the norm. And btw, do you think it’s possible that political ideology is doled out from both sides of the aisle? This is constant drum beat from the right, but surely you can imagine passionate conservative teachers (which are present all over the country) crossing those lines as well. It is inappropriate at all times, and something I do not engage in.
@@stevenslaughter8473 not sure where you are but in California it is normal. And has been normal since 1980s. That's over 40 years of just one political point of view. Teachers I know from around the USA all have to go along with the agenda or be fired. Title 9 was under attack in every state until some states what to protect it .
@@ubereats3048 I am in Chicago (the Dem city proper, not the GOP burbs). I’ve taught in the public system and now in a progressive private school. Maybe I’ve just been fortunate and work with professionals who know the ethical limits of their job, but I have not seen this or heard students or parents complain about teachers crossing lines. Also…I’ve worked abroad in an intl Christian school. A number of students, children of missionaries, have told me stories of their various years in US public schools during their furlough years (usually every 3-4 yrs) and how many PUBLIC school teachers - usually in the Bible Belt - routinely prayed w students “in Jesus name”, such as during lunch. I am a Christian and this, too, is totally inappropriate. Just as I would not ‘evangelize’ my kids on my political opinions, I would also never cross lines on evangelizing my faith outside of a Christian school context. Both are unethical.
@@ubereats3048 since 1980, California has had republican governors for 24 of those years. Are you saying the Republican party was pushing liberal/progressive viewpoints for decades?
@@ubereats3048 "how many of your students did you sexual abuse or sexual harassment?" Apparently you never went to school since you cannot write a grammatically correct sentence.
Sadly, politicians are making the argument that teachers have some political agenda. If I can just say as a 31 yr veteran teacher, nobody has time to add anything to the workload when half your kids have zero parental support. You are trying to make up for all the things that kids come to school not knowing. Lesson plans and resources and meetings and wiping your students tears and then your own. It’s a lot. I never thought of doing anything but making sure my students got my very best efforts so they would know they were worth my time and that they could achieve anything. I wanted them to believe they were the best and the brightest stars. I wanted to make a difference. You think teachers have time to think about ways to undermine or distort American history?! Really?!
This is exactly why I get so incensed at the accusations leveled at teachers. The *only* "social agenda" I've ever heard a teacher pursuing is basic standards of civilized behavior - no hitting, no biting, share your toys, treat others the way you would like to be treated. Terrible, right? But elected officials and people who have never taught, and/or haven't stepped foot in a classroom in decades keep piling on time-consuming requirements so that if the teachers have a moment to cover actual subject matter material it's practically a miracle. -- Thank you for continuing to do what you do in the face of such egregious disrespect.
@@valetamuzik Amen. This upcoming school year will be year 20 for me after I ditched another career in my 30s. I have t regretted it for one day, even with the relentless discouraging nonsense we see coming from these politicians. I get to spend my days with kids, doing all I can to help them move a step closer every day to loving literature and writing. It is a privilege. I have no desire to bean administrator, honorable as that is, because I would miss being with my students all day.
@@latrinemarine826 Well for starters teacher pay is determined at the local level, so that blame can go to the state governments that refuse to give pay increases to teachers. My wife is a teacher and we live in Texas, teachers here haven't gotten a pay raise in years, school budgets haven't been increased since 2019. So districts across the state are closing campuses, which will only lead to even larger class sizes and less ti,e for teachers to spend with individual students. So yes, teachers need a pay increase and public school budgets need to keep up with the needs of the students. But I, sure you're fine with this because a less informed and less educated populace is more likely to vote for Republicans in elections and that's all you care about.
@@davidoliver62 Actually, thanks to progressive meddling in education, we are all stupider as a result. I’m perfectly okay raising teacher salary contingent on political neutrality in the classroom. Deal?
@@latrinemarine826 Teachers don't care about politics. All the things the right us complaining about is simply not actually happening in schools. Teachers don't have time for that nonsense, it's just made up by people on the right to scare people. Critical race theory is not and never has been taught in public schools. That is just a fact. Teachers aren't in school grooming kids to be gay. Mainly because that isn't how being gay works. The only indoctrination Being attempted in public schools is coming from all the states trying to force Christianity in the classrooms, but I'm, sure you have no issue with that since it's indoctrination you likely agree with. Regardless of how unconstitutional it is. Judgung by your screen name you either are or were a Marine, so I can only assume you support the Constitution. So, since none of the nonsense you are talking about is actually happening, then I'm glad we agree teachers should get paid.
@@latrinemarine826 You don't throw money at the NEA. That's a union, and the dues come out of teacher salaries. What diminishing returns? There are plenty of kids graduating and going on to jobs and universities. What this all comes down to is you getting info from right wing media and actually not knowing WTF is actually going on.
The politician asks what’s wrong with education today? YOU BROKE IT!!! Teachers have not lost sight of their vision, YOU POLITICIANS make is teach to the test. Joy of teaching and joy of learning IS GONE! Add to that the blame, disrespect, and poor pay. Who would sign on to that?????
In 1977-78 I was a high school math teacher making $8700 a year. In 1979, I quit teaching and got a job working in private industry as a computer programmer. My annual salary increased to $18,900 a year and I got paid time and a half for overtime. Using the CPI inflation calculator: $8700 a year would be equivalent to $37000 today. $18,900 a year would be equivalent to $81,761 today. I was the 5th math teacher to leave the school district in just two years. When I see how Republican House and Senate politicians repeat their empty rhetoric denigrating the teachers of the US and forming astro turf partisan political organizations to attack the teachers, school boards, librarians, principals guidance counselors … I have to wonder why anyone remains a teacher. However, I am glad that there are teachers with the courage, conviction, and compassion to remain teachers. A teachers job is much harder today and they deserve every penny they are making. I believe they all should make more, we should have smaller class sizes, elementary schools should have more reading specialists so that reading problems can be identified early and students can be taught the skills they need to advance. The US should also have universal pre-school. Of course, Republicans would rather criticize the schools with their empty and meaningless rhetoric of “CRT” and “wokism”. They really want to destroy public education and turn the system into a private corporation profit center. Then only those monied elite families would have the best education, while the majority would not be able to afford to pay for their child’s education. The “Voucher Programs” being pushed by republicans are designed to bleed public schools of the funds needed to run the schools. The vast majority of voucher money goes to families who already send their children to private schools. Many of those schools are unaffordable to the majority even with the voucher. Basically, the voucher programs are a public subsidy to the wealthy to help them pay for private school while taking that money from the public school. Republicans don’t want to solve any school problems, they want to kill public education because the masses don’t deserve to be educated.
It's really to bad you never learned to spell google... Here is what Republicans think of alternate school concepts When a basic definition of each policy was provided, 79% of Black parents supported vouchers, 74% supported charter schools, and 78% supported open enrollment. Roughly three in four Black parents (78%) support education savings accounts, which are becoming increasingly popular across the country Oops...that's right bp aren't really Republicans
That is not the sound of a teacher who is trying grooming a child, who is teaching false facts, who is putting in time. That is the sound of an educated man who wants the best for kids and wants to keep educators in the classroom. Too bad we hear incorrect comments from politicians, many of whom do not even have their children in public schools.
My eldest and youngest sons are both at university studying to become teachers. I must share this video with them. I know it will inspire them. It truly is a calling. I’m so proud of both of them.
We can't afford to pay the backbone of our society anymore... says someone making six figures as a servant representing his constituents in a part time capacity
A politician who is getting paid twice what most teachers get paid, who is part of a political system that gives itself annual pay increases no matter how unproductive they are, actually telling a teacher of the year that "I just don't see how we're going to fix the problem by throwing more money at it..", which is what special interest lobbyists do with politicians *EVERY DAMN DAY!!!*
What “negatively impacts” kids is having teachers who are paying for equipment out of their own meager salaries. Teachers should be paid MORE than people playing sport. Both my parents were teachers in another country & positively impacted THOUSANDS of people & the children they had who learned from what my parents taught them. Decades later I STILL have their ex-students telling me how much my parents impacted their lives by being great teachers.
Where did he get his information from? Did he pull it out of his ass? My wife and all three of our kids are teachers. My wife is in an elementary school and the kids are high school teachers. Well, one did just leave teaching. None of them teach social issues. They teach the curriculum. If he thinks teachers are not, he is insane, ignorant, or lying. He needs to spend time in the classrooms and see what it is like. I honestly don't know why my wife and kids teach other than the fact they love the kids. And over the years, I have watched our Republican controlled state government try to destroy and dismantle the public educational system.
We should decrease our Legislature's pay to the amount Teachers make and increase our Teacher's pay to what the Legislature makes. Our Legislature is one of the least productive in history.
Certainly not in the future that reasonable people would want. But if things go badly in November, "our future" could be dominated by the destructive agenda of those like Senator Cassidy.
My sister is an elementary school teacher. After she was up in the field for 10-years, her salary topped out. She didn’t have enough to get clothes for her son, who lived with his dad. My sister taking over primary care of their daughter, who her ex-husband didn’t want. Since they both had one child, neither got child support. Her alimony was never increased, despite significant increases in his salary. So, we have a teacher, single parent, no child support, minimal alimony, with a topped out salary after ten years. Despite her ex demanding to have their son, did his dad take care of what he was supposed to? No. She bought his clothes, his school supplies, his contacts, his glasses, took him to the doctor and the dentist. She barely had enough to care for the child in her care. And, her kids knew it. So, her son wouldn’t say anything. When it was his night to stay with her, he wanted to do a load of laundry, because he needed to wash his jeans. He needed to wash his jeans, she found out, because they were the only pair of pants he had. I’m not sure how things would have turned out if our side of the family wasn’t supportive. I came to visit not long after she found out about the jeans and told his dad that their son needed at least one more pair. But, nope. He didn’t get his son more (likely because his new wife said no, the one he cheated on my sister with [despite both of them being married]. If it had been her son, sky’s the limit. My sister’s children, ‘hell no”. My niece didn’t even have a place to sleep at her dad’s house, or anyplace to go and get some privacy. Anyway, my younger sister and I were both single with good paying jobs. When I visited, we went and bought him 3 new pairs of jeans and some tops. He argued against it, because he knew what a strain that would put on my sister. I told him it was my treat, and he breathed a huge sigh of relief. But to the point of teacher wages. The wages for the people who have a very large impact on the shaping of the minds of our future. The same teachers who work for 10-years in a single district and never again get a raise, cost of living or merit-based. She has been a teacher for 36-years. She hasn’t had an increase in her pay in 26-years. There is something very wrong with that picture.
I’d rather pay teachers than give tax breaks to corporations or selfish wealthy team owners for stadiums…why do we have to reward them with tax dollars and then pay high prices for tickets, food, and merch at said stadiums. Teachers bring out ideas, open the minds of children, inspire, and take care of students during the school day. We now pay bad cops that kill innocent people that often times only have a high school diploma and no psychological training or social skills to deal with people…and yet talk so much sh?t about teachers. This society is ass backwards and is turning into an idiocracy where some adults think it’s ok to elect a felon and a corrupt supreme court has the right to take away people’s civil rights…go figure
Bravo. Interesting (though inappropriate) choice of words by that guy against pay raises for teachers: "not throw more money at the problem". Let's use them when tax cuts for the very rich are discussed.
The stories my wife, an early childhood teacher, shared with me year after year was frightening. A four year old coming into the school system with so much baggage of all kinds meant they were beginning twenty yards behind the start line. These same individuals wanted my wife to do everything, and I mean everything. Blaming the school systems is just the easy way out. This Senator from Louisiana criticized all teachers and systems should really stay in his lane and that’s closer to home.
Republicans love to talk about broken schools so that people think that schools are actually broken and then they stop trusting schools. An uneducated population is easier to control. Why do you think that the Republican voter is so easily controlled???
I'm not surprised by a GOPer arguing against anything pertaining to public education or public school teachers. They've been on a mission since Reagan was elected, to completely dismantle public education by defunding it or making mandates that are unfunded. They want all schools to be "choice", in other words, privately owned and operated by those who will make a profit off students' education. These schools are not held accountable for outcomes, no testing standards, and also be able to do the bare minimum without oversight and be allowed to fire a teacher "at will", which can mean anything. They want to take taxpayer money for a private entity including religious schools, while also discriminating against students who are minorities, or those with learning disabilities and/or behavioral issues. This dismantling of public education by republicans, is the final backlash from the 1954 SCOTUS decision of Brown v. Board of Education. They want their lily white children in separate schools, but under the guise of "choice" or "charter schools" so it doesn't sound like discrimination.
Teachers are entrusted with our young ones everyday. Republicans have demeaned them, have subjected them to ridicule and treated them as beggars when they request better pay. Teachers are heroes. Teachers are also our childrens first line of defense for our children. Teachers have put their own safety ahead of our child’s all while Congress won’t address gun issues in our Country.
The politicians kid's ,for the most part attend Charter or private schools where the teachers are well paid. They could care less about public schools or the students.
I was taught to respect others, including those with backgrounds and languages foreign to me; We _somehow_ also managed to be taught and learn arts, sciences, and politics, and well. I have been asked to lead and train coworkers at every job and career in the last 25 years; My empathy has been key to that.
My mother was a teacher for 30 years. She told me to NEVER go into teaching. She knew what was happening to the profession and she didn’t want that for me.
I agree. My sister was a teacher and she was burnt to a crisp!. A crisp!!!. Overloaded with discipline problem students and students who were ranked low. 15 years of that and she said no I am done.
I’m wondering if Senator Cassidy asks the same question of his anti-education Republican colleagues when they go around voting themselves a pay raise in the most unproductive Congress in history?
The problem is, if they give teachers a raise, that will attract better quality teachers who understand how to educate, which in turn makes students smarter and less likely to vote Republican.
I wish we had more teachers like Mr. Arthur. He is well-spoken, humble and actually cares about teaching. I'm 100% on board with paying teachers more. A lot more.
My sister-in-law and brother-in-law are both teachers in Michigan. My bil works two teaching jobs, and they have three kids, two of which are autistic (oldest is worse), and youngest son has adhd. So things can get expensive. Teachers are INCREDIBLY important, and they should be paid like they are important. These are people that are educating the children, they shoud NOT have to work multiple jobs to make ends meet! ALL TEACHERS EVERYWHERE NEED TO BE PAID BETTER!!
This man is exactly the educator Republicans hate. A well spoken and educated man who has the certifications and knowledge to put them all in their places.
It's interesting that in every industrialized nation, teachers are RESPECTED but here teachers are ATTACKED and DISRESPECTED. How quickly all these critics have forgotten about how they were CRYING and WHINING during covid when schools were on remote learning and parents had to deal with their own children. I say there should be a law that ALL lawmakers must substitute in a public school for a week b4 they can pass or propose ANY legislation regarding education.
2 things about Republicans worth pointing out: 1) Trump won only 41% of college educated voters vs. Biden's 56%. 2) Trump infamously said : "I love the poorly educated".
@@aaronmontgomery2055 The point is that Republicans know the uneducated vote for them in higher numbers so they will do whatever is in their power to hinder or hurt educational systems. Republicans champion the ideas of religion and climate denial, all things that don't fair well against rigorous academic study.
At least 4 decades of poling on societal priorities, education always ranks at the top along with national defense. Yet, education is always at the bottom for funding.
Meanwhile I was born in 85 and realized in elementary school I didnt want to be a teacher because of the money...If we knew in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the 90s WE DIDNT WANT TO TEACH BECAUSE OF THE MONEY, ITS BEEN A PROBLEM WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT...ITS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO SEND THEIR KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOL MAKING DECISIONS ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS..WAKE UP YALL
The system started to break under Reagan because he was advised by his cabinet that the government was in danger of having “an educated proletariat” so college became insanely expensive. The system continued to be sabotaged with dubya’s No Child Left Behind act. Teachers started teaching to pass standardized tests that dubya wouldn’t be able to pass. The “social agendas” and “woke lessons” that teachers are doing are basics like self control, mutual respect, understanding, empathy/sympathy, and even anger management because the parents aren’t teaching those things at home. They are not given time to teach social studies (so they don’t know their rights), geography ( so many can’t even point out the us on a world map among other things), they also know nothing about other cultures, traditions, and languages (all the easier to indoctrinate them into believing the USA is the “greatest country in the world”). Many can hardly read because of the focus on testing rather than teaching basics. So if the system is failing it’s the fault of the lawmakers, as usual.
In 2022, the median pay for police and sheriff's patrol officers was about $3,400 higher than the median pay for high school teachers and more than $10,000 higher than for firefighters and postal workers, according to BLS data.
John speaks truth to power in a most eloquent and substantial way! He is also one of the most amazing educators I've ever had the opportunity to work with!
PAY TEACHER MORE. PAY THEM MORE. MOST PRECIOUS ASSET, YOUR CHILD, PAY TEACHERS MORE AND SECURE LEARNING ATMOSPHERE. I WAS IN EDUCATION FOR 35 YEARS AS TEACHER AND ASST. HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. I MADE SURE TEACHER WERE SUPPORTED AND STUDENTS TREATED FAIRLY, DID ALRIGHT. PAY TEACHERS MORE. LESS TO DEPUTIES AND COPS...
This Congress needs to go back to school. These guys do not know the Constitution (just the basics), geography (Sen. Cotton looking at you … Singapore ), some basic science stuff, grammar … do I need to go on? This Congress/Senate can’t do a damn thing to fix anything in this country. We have to fix our schools at the local and state level. Go to your school board meetings, vote on the school budgets but don’t be idiots about banning books, micro managing your teachers just let them do their jobs and teach. Get involved with your PTA. Please vote the Republicans out. That’s my soapbox for the moment.
It's amazing how the most important person in children's life are not paid what they are worth. Teachers are worth so much more than any state pays. And is disgusting that states waste money instead of paying them what they are worth. My state of Florida has the money to pay Teachers a lot more and don't bother!!!
Republican who wants the Bible taught in schools, which is a social agenda, doesn't want teachers to spread their alleged social agenda. You can't make this up.
Teachers are exhausted trying to teach students who can't read at a 2nd grade level, do elementary math, or write a coherent paragraph. I don't think teachers have the time, energy, or desire to care about their students' personal beliefs.
I don't see the point in underpaying our teachers or underfunding education as a whole! Why would we only put part of our effort into giving our kids the best shot we can! But that's exactly what we do! Because Republicans want to privatize it and make money on it!!
"How did we get here?" We got here by defunding public education in favor of charter/private schools, vilifying teachers, and blaming it on the "liberals". We got here because Republicans put us here.
I couldnt agree more with the Teacher!!! Teaching is a very very difficult job, and one of the most important in any Country !!! Investing in Education is an investment in ALL YOUR CHILDREN, and the World in which they will grow up in for generations.... Don't screw with Education!!! It really is a matter of life and death ..
Red states have the lowest test scores for students and the poorest countries. But the answer is to cut off funding. What do they think is going to happen when schools close?
That's the whole point though? They want an uneducated easily manipulated masses who just know how to do repetitive tasks so they can work the jobs they don't want to do.
Teachers never brought up politics or other social issues in the class. Even in the most racist part of the country the teachers taught their educational subjects.
Those republican senators didn’t give one rats butt about anything he said. They want to take all of the public school funding and give it to private schools. They truly want to eliminate public education.
No, they want to take all of the public school funding....end of sentence. Remember, Republicans see their children as possessions and an excuse for their own greed, and other people's children as a burden they can saddle them with to keep them from competing for education, jobs and resources. That's why they are so anti-choice and anti-contraception . Two things they would absolutely push on their own children.
@@LusyPicker-sm6su Money doesn't solve the horrible education here in the US. We can't even discuss the issue without people have meltdowns. It's not a money issue.
@@andrewwalker2153 I was about to excoriate him for his BS, but then I saw your post. To your point, he claims to live in Chicago but there is no Orlando Escobar registered in Illinois. The closest Orlando Escobar lives in Maryland.
As a teacher, I have had people thank me and bless me while I'm on my second job, for being a teacher and doing what's necessary to keep teaching. But seldom do I meet young people who want to teach. The low salary is the primary reason for this, and not the kids or the conditions.
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Former public school teacher here. Former Department Chair. Former sponsor of an after-school program. John Arthur is THE MAN. I don't know him but can tell you just from this short video that he embodies what public education is all about. Community. And elevating students. Teachers are ROCK STARS. Sadly, too many in the GOP are determined to damage public education and drain its coffers for their friends in the private sector. John Arthur is precisely the kind of professional we need to stop them. KEEP ON MARCHING, JOHN!
a senator that makes 6 figures and receives the best health care in the world and the best retirement (via kickbacks, insider trading, and lobbying) has the gall to push back against higher pay for teachers? what a jerk
What a jerk is putting it mildly
Teachers are over paid. Almost all government employees are over paid as well.
We need teachers like this more than Senators like that. Right?
Right!
Well said
No . A teacher didn't say anything about test results. If the test results at 100 precent at grade level then I would agree.
Bro I was on conference call with this teacher. He knows what’s going on in schools. He gets it’s. These republicans never will.
Mr Arthur is a perfect example of fine, smart upstanding teacher and democrat! We have all the Intellectuals who live in the real world and follow the rules! Maga republicans have lost their way - just look at who they worship 🙄
I met Bill Cassidy when he was a new congressman, and I was a teacher in Louisiana. He should be the last person on the planet to listen to on education. He's a MAIN reason LA is 47 in education. He got his 30-year-old Nephew (with 2 years of teaching experience) installed as the principal of my H.S., he was totally unqualified. I taught for 12 years, no longer teach and no longer live in the shithole state of Louisiana
I have an aunt that's a retired elementary teacher and an uncle that's a retired principal in Colorado. They told their two kids they would pay for their education as long as they didn't go into teaching. I'd imagine teaching is a better profession in Colorado than Louisiana, which tells you how bad it is.
Teachers DO NOT prioritize political “agenda’s” while educating our students.
I can’t understand why anyone would believe that. We don’t have time to do that. We’re more concerned about teaching students critical thinking skills, reading and writing proficiency and proper etiquette.
Bravo to Mr. Arthur! 🎉
Lol 😆😆😆😆😆 that's a good joke.
About the agenda.
@@ubereats3048 I’d be happy to have you visit my classroom any day. This is relentless talking point, and while I’m sure political ideology is shared inappropriately, that is not the norm. And btw, do you think it’s possible that political ideology is doled out from both sides of the aisle? This is constant drum beat from the right, but surely you can imagine passionate conservative teachers (which are present all over the country) crossing those lines as well. It is inappropriate at all times, and something I do not engage in.
@@stevenslaughter8473 not sure where you are but in California it is normal. And has been normal since 1980s.
That's over 40 years of just one political point of view.
Teachers I know from around the USA all have to go along with the agenda or be fired.
Title 9 was under attack in every state until some states what to protect it .
@@ubereats3048 I am in Chicago (the Dem city proper, not the GOP burbs). I’ve taught in the public system and now in a progressive private school. Maybe I’ve just been fortunate and work with professionals who know the ethical limits of their job, but I have not seen this or heard students or parents complain about teachers crossing lines. Also…I’ve worked abroad in an intl Christian school. A number of students, children of missionaries, have told me stories of their various years in US public schools during their furlough years (usually every 3-4 yrs) and how many PUBLIC school teachers - usually in the Bible Belt - routinely prayed w students “in Jesus name”, such as during lunch. I am a Christian and this, too, is totally inappropriate. Just as I would not ‘evangelize’ my kids on my political opinions, I would also never cross lines on evangelizing my faith outside of a Christian school context. Both are unethical.
@@ubereats3048 since 1980, California has had republican governors for 24 of those years. Are you saying the Republican party was pushing liberal/progressive viewpoints for decades?
I am a Ph.D. college professor.
And proud product of K-12 public schools.
Thank you America for your support of public education.
@@mafarmerga how many of your students did you sexual abuse or sexual harassment?
@@ubereats3048 "how many of your students did you sexual abuse or sexual harassment?"
Apparently you never went to school since you cannot write a grammatically correct sentence.
@@mafarmerga I went to Public school in Oakland California.
I am the reason I believe school choice should be free for everyone.
Educators and health care professionals should be the highest paying jobs in America!
Healthcare? Like who?
Nurses and doctors are like teachers over paid.
Sadly, politicians are making the argument that teachers have some political agenda. If I can just say as a 31 yr veteran teacher, nobody has time to add anything to the workload when half your kids have zero parental support. You are trying to make up for all the things that kids come to school not knowing. Lesson plans and resources and meetings and wiping your students tears and then your own. It’s a lot. I never thought of doing anything but making sure my students got my very best efforts so they would know they were worth my time and that they could achieve anything. I wanted them to believe they were the best and the brightest stars. I wanted to make a difference. You think teachers have time to think about ways to undermine or distort American history?! Really?!
thank you for your dedication. you are an honorable person. 😊
This is exactly why I get so incensed at the accusations leveled at teachers. The *only* "social agenda" I've ever heard a teacher pursuing is basic standards of civilized behavior - no hitting, no biting, share your toys, treat others the way you would like to be treated. Terrible, right? But elected officials and people who have never taught, and/or haven't stepped foot in a classroom in decades keep piling on time-consuming requirements so that if the teachers have a moment to cover actual subject matter material it's practically a miracle. -- Thank you for continuing to do what you do in the face of such egregious disrespect.
@@valetamuzik Amen. This upcoming school year will be year 20 for me after I ditched another career in my 30s. I have t regretted it for one day, even with the relentless discouraging nonsense we see coming from these politicians. I get to spend my days with kids, doing all I can to help them move a step closer every day to loving literature and writing. It is a privilege. I have no desire to bean administrator, honorable as that is, because I would miss being with my students all day.
Listen MAGA GOPs, reduce your salary and increase teachers. Besides you are not doing anything productive to help Americans.
Plus they made enough money through insider trading, they don't really need any salary from us.
@@B6831-q Guess who's funding them also, MAGA voters... And it's gets even worse ..
@@B6831-q It's all just in plain sight ..
“I’m not sure throwing money at the problem will fix it…” says the guy who votes for his own pay raises.
We’ve been throwing money at the NEA and the DoE for decades with diminishing returns. Where did that all that money go, scout?
@@latrinemarine826 Well for starters teacher pay is determined at the local level, so that blame can go to the state governments that refuse to give pay increases to teachers. My wife is a teacher and we live in Texas, teachers here haven't gotten a pay raise in years, school budgets haven't been increased since 2019. So districts across the state are closing campuses, which will only lead to even larger class sizes and less ti,e for teachers to spend with individual students. So yes, teachers need a pay increase and public school budgets need to keep up with the needs of the students. But I, sure you're fine with this because a less informed and less educated populace is more likely to vote for Republicans in elections and that's all you care about.
@@davidoliver62 Actually, thanks to progressive meddling in education, we are all stupider as a result. I’m perfectly okay raising teacher salary contingent on political neutrality in the classroom. Deal?
@@latrinemarine826 Teachers don't care about politics. All the things the right us complaining about is simply not actually happening in schools. Teachers don't have time for that nonsense, it's just made up by people on the right to scare people. Critical race theory is not and never has been taught in public schools. That is just a fact. Teachers aren't in school grooming kids to be gay. Mainly because that isn't how being gay works. The only indoctrination Being attempted in public schools is coming from all the states trying to force Christianity in the classrooms, but I'm, sure you have no issue with that since it's indoctrination you likely agree with. Regardless of how unconstitutional it is. Judgung by your screen name you either are or were a Marine, so I can only assume you support the Constitution. So, since none of the nonsense you are talking about is actually happening, then I'm glad we agree teachers should get paid.
@@latrinemarine826 You don't throw money at the NEA. That's a union, and the dues come out of teacher salaries. What diminishing returns? There are plenty of kids graduating and going on to jobs and universities. What this all comes down to is you getting info from right wing media and actually not knowing WTF is actually going on.
This teacher is an amazing communicator and the students in his classroom will benefit immensely.
Republicans don’t mind allowing Trump to get money for his grift , but for teachers … not a penny more !
Teachers HAVE NOT lost sight of their mission to educate children. What an a'hole.
Dude pay teachers a living wage. You expect them to get a degree and raise your children for 8 hours a day. But want them underpaid?
I heard a threat there from that Senator - "teach what we want you to or we will not fund your school."
The politician asks what’s wrong with education today? YOU BROKE IT!!! Teachers have not lost sight of their vision, YOU POLITICIANS make is teach to the test. Joy of teaching and joy of learning IS GONE! Add to that the blame, disrespect, and poor pay. Who would sign on to that?????
In 1977-78 I was a high school math teacher making $8700 a year. In 1979, I quit teaching and got a job working in private industry as a computer programmer. My annual salary increased to $18,900 a year and I got paid time and a half for overtime. Using the CPI inflation calculator:
$8700 a year would be equivalent to $37000 today.
$18,900 a year would be equivalent to $81,761 today.
I was the 5th math teacher to leave the school district in just two years.
When I see how Republican House and Senate politicians repeat their empty rhetoric denigrating the teachers of the US and forming astro turf partisan political organizations to attack the teachers, school boards, librarians, principals guidance counselors … I have to wonder why anyone remains a teacher. However, I am glad that there are teachers with the courage, conviction, and compassion to remain teachers. A teachers job is much harder today and they deserve every penny they are making. I believe they all should make more, we should have smaller class sizes, elementary schools should have more reading specialists so that reading problems can be identified early and students can be taught the skills they need to advance. The US should also have universal pre-school.
Of course, Republicans would rather criticize the schools with their empty and meaningless rhetoric of “CRT” and “wokism”. They really want to destroy public education and turn the system into a private corporation profit center. Then only those monied elite families would have the best education, while the majority would not be able to afford to pay for their child’s education. The “Voucher Programs” being pushed by republicans are designed to bleed public schools of the funds needed to run the schools. The vast majority of voucher money goes to families who already send their children to private schools. Many of those schools are unaffordable to the majority even with the voucher. Basically, the voucher programs are a public subsidy to the wealthy to help them pay for private school while taking that money from the public school.
Republicans don’t want to solve any school problems, they want to kill public education because the masses don’t deserve to be educated.
in addition..private schools can admit or exclude ANYONE THEY WANT. THEY ARE BRINGING BACK SEGREGATION BY ANOTHER NAME. IT STILL STINKS.
It's really to bad you never learned to spell google...
Here is what Republicans think of alternate school concepts
When a basic definition of each policy was provided, 79% of Black parents supported vouchers, 74% supported charter schools, and 78% supported open enrollment. Roughly three in four Black parents (78%) support education savings accounts, which are becoming increasingly popular across the country
Oops...that's right bp aren't really Republicans
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@@trevorxlindeman1798 Exactly!
Thank you Mr Arthur! Education is truly a higher calling!
Bravo. Standing ovation.
That is not the sound of a teacher who is trying grooming a child, who is teaching false facts, who is putting in time. That is the sound of an educated man who wants the best for kids and wants to keep educators in the classroom. Too bad we hear incorrect comments from politicians, many of whom do not even have their children in public schools.
What a great teacher and spokesman.
My eldest and youngest sons are both at university studying to become teachers. I must share this video with them. I know it will inspire them. It truly is a calling. I’m so proud of both of them.
This guy understands what it's like to truly be a teacher. This isn't taught it must be innate. Thank you
We can't afford to pay the backbone of our society anymore... says someone making six figures as a servant representing his constituents in a part time capacity
Take senators' pay and swap it with teachers.
A politician who is getting paid twice what most teachers get paid, who is part of a political system that gives itself annual pay increases no matter how unproductive they are, actually telling a teacher of the year that "I just don't see how we're going to fix the problem by throwing more money at it..", which is what special interest lobbyists do with politicians *EVERY DAMN DAY!!!*
Well said!
What “negatively impacts” kids is having teachers who are paying for equipment out of their own meager salaries. Teachers should be paid MORE than people playing sport. Both my parents were teachers in another country & positively impacted THOUSANDS of people & the children they had who learned from what my parents taught them. Decades later I STILL have their ex-students telling me how much my parents impacted their lives by being great teachers.
Do politicians realize not everyone can just give themselves a raise?
Where did he get his information from? Did he pull it out of his ass? My wife and all three of our kids are teachers. My wife is in an elementary school and the kids are high school teachers. Well, one did just leave teaching. None of them teach social issues. They teach the curriculum. If he thinks teachers are not, he is insane, ignorant, or lying. He needs to spend time in the classrooms and see what it is like. I honestly don't know why my wife and kids teach other than the fact they love the kids. And over the years, I have watched our Republican controlled state government try to destroy and dismantle the public educational system.
We should decrease our Legislature's pay to the amount Teachers make and increase our Teacher's pay to what the Legislature makes. Our Legislature is one of the least productive in history.
Amen
There's no place in our future for *this* GOP. They're hopelessly mired in their willful ignorance.
Certainly not in the future that reasonable people would want. But if things go badly in November, "our future" could be dominated by the destructive agenda of those like Senator Cassidy.
My sister is an elementary school teacher. After she was up in the field for 10-years, her salary topped out. She didn’t have enough to get clothes for her son, who lived with his dad. My sister taking over primary care of their daughter, who her ex-husband didn’t want. Since they both had one child, neither got child support. Her alimony was never increased, despite significant increases in his salary. So, we have a teacher, single parent, no child support, minimal alimony, with a topped out salary after ten years. Despite her ex demanding to have their son, did his dad take care of what he was supposed to? No. She bought his clothes, his school supplies, his contacts, his glasses, took him to the doctor and the dentist. She barely had enough to care for the child in her care. And, her kids knew it. So, her son wouldn’t say anything. When it was his night to stay with her, he wanted to do a load of laundry, because he needed to wash his jeans. He needed to wash his jeans, she found out, because they were the only pair of pants he had. I’m not sure how things would have turned out if our side of the family wasn’t supportive. I came to visit not long after she found out about the jeans and told his dad that their son needed at least one more pair. But, nope. He didn’t get his son more (likely because his new wife said no, the one he cheated on my sister with [despite both of them being married]. If it had been her son, sky’s the limit. My sister’s children, ‘hell no”. My niece didn’t even have a place to sleep at her dad’s house, or anyplace to go and get some privacy. Anyway, my younger sister and I were both single with good paying jobs. When I visited, we went and bought him 3 new pairs of jeans and some tops. He argued against it, because he knew what a strain that would put on my sister. I told him it was my treat, and he breathed a huge sigh of relief. But to the point of teacher wages. The wages for the people who have a very large impact on the shaping of the minds of our future. The same teachers who work for 10-years in a single district and never again get a raise, cost of living or merit-based. She has been a teacher for 36-years. She hasn’t had an increase in her pay in 26-years. There is something very wrong with that picture.
Testimonials like this one are important. Thank you for sharing your sister's story.
Its simple, Teachers should make what Congressman and Legislatures make and they should make what teachers make.
Good man. Such an important voice. Listen to teachers when they express their needs! They are the experts
I’d rather pay teachers than give tax breaks to corporations or selfish wealthy team owners for stadiums…why do we have to reward them with tax dollars and then pay high prices for tickets, food, and merch at said stadiums. Teachers bring out ideas, open the minds of children, inspire, and take care of students during the school day. We now pay bad cops that kill innocent people that often times only have a high school diploma and no psychological training or social skills to deal with people…and yet talk so much sh?t about teachers. This society is ass backwards and is turning into an idiocracy where some adults think it’s ok to elect a felon and a corrupt supreme court has the right to take away people’s civil rights…go figure
Preach brother and fellow educator!
Bravo.
Interesting (though inappropriate) choice of words by that guy against pay raises for teachers: "not throw more money at the problem".
Let's use them when tax cuts for the very rich are discussed.
The stories my wife, an early childhood teacher, shared with me year after year was frightening. A four year old coming into the school system with so much baggage of all kinds meant they were beginning twenty yards behind the start line. These same individuals wanted my wife to do everything, and I mean everything. Blaming the school systems is just the easy way out. This Senator from Louisiana criticized all teachers and systems should really stay in his lane and that’s closer to home.
Schools are not broken. Politicians are broken. Open your eyes.
Brilliant comment!
Republicans love to talk about broken schools so that people think that schools are actually broken and then they stop trusting schools. An uneducated population is easier to control. Why do you think that the Republican voter is so easily controlled???
Real shock that a Republican was against a pay raise.
Mr. Arthur's words are wasted on that group of grifters. They don't understand anything that doesn't serve to get them re-elected to the gravy train.
Hopefully enough constituents will hear his words, and will want to hold their representatives in government accountable.
I'm not surprised by a GOPer arguing against anything pertaining to public education or public school teachers. They've been on a mission since Reagan was elected, to completely dismantle public education by defunding it or making mandates that are unfunded. They want all schools to be "choice", in other words, privately owned and operated by those who will make a profit off students' education. These schools are not held accountable for outcomes, no testing standards, and also be able to do the bare minimum without oversight and be allowed to fire a teacher "at will", which can mean anything. They want to take taxpayer money for a private entity including religious schools, while also discriminating against students who are minorities, or those with learning disabilities and/or behavioral issues. This dismantling of public education by republicans, is the final backlash from the 1954 SCOTUS decision of Brown v. Board of Education. They want their lily white children in separate schools, but under the guise of "choice" or "charter schools" so it doesn't sound like discrimination.
Teachers are entrusted with our young ones everyday. Republicans have demeaned them, have subjected them to ridicule and treated them as beggars when they request better pay. Teachers are heroes. Teachers are also our childrens first line of defense for our children. Teachers have put their own safety ahead of our child’s all while Congress won’t address gun issues in our Country.
The politicians kid's ,for the most part attend Charter or private schools where the teachers are well paid. They could care less about public schools or the students.
I was taught to respect others, including those with backgrounds and languages foreign to me; We _somehow_ also managed to be taught and learn arts, sciences, and politics, and well. I have been asked to lead and train coworkers at every job and career in the last 25 years; My empathy has been key to that.
Can we cut cassidys pay down to teacher level please?
Thank you Mr John Arthur for your very needed to hear message. Teachers need HIGH pay, prestige and respect.
Obviously, Cassidy has never been in a classroom. Talking points, no real world evidence. Shameful.
And yet it's easier to shame... Than to fund....
Since when did Republicans need evidence. They ostracize and debase.
Over paid teacher asking for more money. Shocked 😲😲😲
@@ubereats3048 Troll bot.
@@antclerfont8478 truth that teachers are overrated and overpaid.
My mother was a teacher for 30 years. She told me to NEVER go into teaching. She knew what was happening to the profession and she didn’t want that for me.
I agree. My sister was a teacher and she was burnt to a crisp!. A crisp!!!. Overloaded with discipline problem students and students who were ranked low. 15 years of that and she said no I am done.
I’m wondering if Senator Cassidy asks the same question of his anti-education Republican colleagues when they go around voting themselves a pay raise in the most unproductive Congress in history?
Well said Mr Arthur!
The problem is, if they give teachers a raise, that will attract better quality teachers who understand how to educate, which in turn makes students smarter and less likely to vote Republican.
--- Correct. Anti-intellectuals are. . . .
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The issue is politicians and education "experts" don't listen to teachers
NOBODY can get anywhere today without a TEACHER. These front-line folks need to be paid better.
They are overrated and overpaid .
@@ubereats3048 Just gonna let that sit there...
Very cool to see my state’s Teacher of the Year in front of Congress!
The teacher should have asked the Senator why he keeps voting to increase his own salary
I wish we had more teachers like Mr. Arthur.
He is well-spoken, humble and actually cares about teaching.
I'm 100% on board with paying teachers more. A lot more.
God bless teachers, God bless public schools 🙏🏼
Now that's a man with dedication❤❤❤
That guy is a STAR!!!!!
My sister-in-law and brother-in-law are both teachers in Michigan. My bil works two teaching jobs, and they have three kids, two of which are autistic (oldest is worse), and youngest son has adhd. So things can get expensive. Teachers are INCREDIBLY important, and they should be paid like they are important. These are people that are educating the children, they shoud NOT have to work multiple jobs to make ends meet! ALL TEACHERS EVERYWHERE NEED TO BE PAID BETTER!!
This man is exactly the educator Republicans hate. A well spoken and educated man who has the certifications and knowledge to put them all in their places.
He’s the perfect ventriloquist for NEA, DEI, and LGBT propaganda for sure.
@@latrinemarine826I don't know if you're the one needing to talk about propaganda. You're kind of a prince of the dip-shits.
@@latrinemarine826do you need a safe space, snowflake? I've never seen someone so triggered by boogeymen.
If only the GOP would apply the same logic to educators as they do corporate executives. We would raise the bar for both.
Teachers should make more money than senators.
Thank you Mr. Arthur for your service sir.
It's interesting that in every industrialized nation, teachers are RESPECTED but here teachers are ATTACKED and DISRESPECTED. How quickly all these critics have forgotten about how they were CRYING and WHINING during covid when schools were on remote learning and parents had to deal with their own children. I say there should be a law that ALL lawmakers must substitute in a public school for a week b4 they can pass or propose ANY legislation regarding education.
They don't deserve the grace and intelligence he just showed them.
2 things about Republicans worth pointing out:
1) Trump won only 41% of college educated voters vs. Biden's 56%.
2) Trump infamously said : "I love the poorly educated".
Are you saying college educated people are better?
@@aaronmontgomery2055better educated.
@@josephburger5963 to their subject sure, but are you saying they are better? As in their vote should matter more?
@@aaronmontgomery2055 yes 😂
@@aaronmontgomery2055 The point is that Republicans know the uneducated vote for them in higher numbers so they will do whatever is in their power to hinder or hurt educational systems. Republicans champion the ideas of religion and climate denial, all things that don't fair well against rigorous academic study.
At least 4 decades of poling on societal priorities, education always ranks at the top along with national defense. Yet, education is always at the bottom for funding.
Imagine our country if every child had a teacher like this awesome teacher.
All we have to do is get politicians attention to minding their own jobs, and whom they work for...
Meanwhile I was born in 85 and realized in elementary school I didnt want to be a teacher because of the money...If we knew in ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the 90s WE DIDNT WANT TO TEACH BECAUSE OF THE MONEY, ITS BEEN A PROBLEM WE HAVE KNOWN ABOUT...ITS A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO SEND THEIR KIDS TO PRIVATE SCHOOL MAKING DECISIONS ON PUBLIC SCHOOLS..WAKE UP YALL
The system started to break under Reagan because he was advised by his cabinet that the government was in danger of having “an educated proletariat” so college became insanely expensive. The system continued to be sabotaged with dubya’s No Child Left Behind act. Teachers started teaching to pass standardized tests that dubya wouldn’t be able to pass. The “social agendas” and “woke lessons” that teachers are doing are basics like self control, mutual respect, understanding, empathy/sympathy, and even anger management because the parents aren’t teaching those things at home.
They are not given time to teach social studies (so they don’t know their rights), geography ( so many can’t even point out the us on a world map among other things), they also know nothing about other cultures, traditions, and languages (all the easier to indoctrinate them into believing the USA is the “greatest country in the world”). Many can hardly read because of the focus on testing rather than teaching basics. So if the system is failing it’s the fault of the lawmakers, as usual.
It's fascinating how there are two Americas, the deliberately ignorant and those who work hard against that.
In 2022, the median pay for police and sheriff's patrol officers was about $3,400 higher than the median pay for high school teachers and more than $10,000 higher than for firefighters and postal workers, according to BLS data.
Really shows where the priorities are... keeping the boot on our necks.
John speaks truth to power in a most eloquent and substantial way! He is also one of the most amazing educators I've ever had the opportunity to work with!
PAY TEACHER MORE. PAY THEM MORE. MOST PRECIOUS ASSET, YOUR CHILD, PAY TEACHERS MORE AND SECURE LEARNING ATMOSPHERE. I WAS IN EDUCATION FOR 35 YEARS AS TEACHER AND ASST. HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. I MADE SURE TEACHER WERE SUPPORTED AND STUDENTS TREATED FAIRLY, DID ALRIGHT. PAY TEACHERS MORE. LESS TO DEPUTIES AND COPS...
This Congress needs to go back to school. These guys do not know the Constitution (just the basics), geography (Sen. Cotton looking at you … Singapore ), some basic science stuff, grammar … do I need to go on? This Congress/Senate can’t do a damn thing to fix anything in this country. We have to fix our schools at the local and state level. Go to your school board meetings, vote on the school budgets but don’t be idiots about banning books, micro managing your teachers just let them do their jobs and teach. Get involved with your PTA. Please vote the Republicans out. That’s my soapbox for the moment.
It's amazing how the most important person in children's life are not paid what they are worth. Teachers are worth so much more than any state pays. And is disgusting that states waste money instead of paying them what they are worth. My state of Florida has the money to pay Teachers a lot more and don't bother!!!
im guessing the gop response was "yeah, get that woke shit out of here " then proceeded to vote to decrease teacher pay again
Yep. That's the trigger not to think.
Very well said Mr. Arthur, thanks for all you and other teachers do for all our children and young adults.
Never seems to be an issue with school budgets when the topic is football.
Republican who wants the Bible taught in schools, which is a social agenda, doesn't want teachers to spread their alleged social agenda.
You can't make this up.
They should be paid at least as much as these do nothing politicians in D.C. VOTE BLUE 2024!
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THE ENTIRE SOUTHEASTERN U.S
ABSOLUTELY HAS THE WORST SCHOOLS IN THIS COUNTRY
Teachers are exhausted trying to teach students who can't read at a 2nd grade level, do elementary math, or write a coherent paragraph. I don't think teachers have the time, energy, or desire to care about their students' personal beliefs.
when greed creeps it's way into public service, just look around, that's where we are.
Senators shouldn’t make more than regular working class…
They don’t even want to give money to feed kids why will they give money to teach kids?
I don't see the point in underpaying our teachers or underfunding education as a whole! Why would we only put part of our effort into giving our kids the best shot we can! But that's exactly what we do! Because Republicans want to privatize it and make money on it!!
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If school teachers do not get help neither should corporations.
"How did we get here?" We got here by defunding public education in favor of charter/private schools, vilifying teachers, and blaming it on the "liberals". We got here because Republicans put us here.
BINGO!
Utah teacher here-thank you for representing us in the most excellent way!
I couldnt agree more with the Teacher!!!
Teaching is a very very difficult job, and one of the most important in any Country !!!
Investing in Education is an investment in ALL YOUR CHILDREN, and the World in which they will grow up in for generations....
Don't screw with Education!!!
It really is a matter of life and death ..
Red states have the lowest test scores for students and the poorest countries. But the answer is to cut off funding. What do they think is going to happen when schools close?
That's the whole point though? They want an uneducated easily manipulated masses who just know how to do repetitive tasks so they can work the jobs they don't want to do.
He melted my heart too! Wow that was an incredible speech. 10/10
Support our teachers!!
Teachers never brought up politics or other social issues in the class. Even in the most racist part of the country the teachers taught their educational subjects.
Those republican senators didn’t give one rats butt about anything he said. They want to take all of the public school funding and give it to private schools. They truly want to eliminate public education.
No, they want to take all of the public school funding....end of sentence.
Remember, Republicans see their children as possessions and an excuse for their own greed, and other people's children as a burden they can saddle them with to keep them from competing for education, jobs and resources. That's why they are so anti-choice and anti-contraception . Two things they would absolutely push on their own children.
@@LusyPicker-sm6su Money doesn't solve the horrible education here in the US. We can't even discuss the issue without people have meltdowns. It's not a money issue.
@orlandoescobar5174 If you could, would you mind speaking of this issue,
@@rocketamerica2450pay him no mind. He is just trolling & could give a 🐀 arse about this.
@@andrewwalker2153 I was about to excoriate him for his BS, but then I saw your post.
To your point, he claims to live in Chicago but there is no Orlando Escobar registered in Illinois. The closest Orlando Escobar lives in Maryland.
As a teacher, I have had people thank me and bless me while I'm on my second job, for being a teacher and doing what's necessary to keep teaching. But seldom do I meet young people who want to teach. The low salary is the primary reason for this, and not the kids or the conditions.
Of course the gop argument against taking care of our teachers has something vague to do with “woke”
No. They want uneducated people to manipulate and use. They get away with so much since schools no longer teach civics.