Seeing my 63-year old Civics teacher working at Walmart after school hours and weekends always hurts my heart.

The short of it: You pay for what you value. Apparently, education doesn't rank high on the priority list.

As a parent I agree 100%. Teachers are grossly underpaid and the expectations are unreal.

As a father of 10-year old, I sincerely appreciate and respect what the teachers are doing to my kid: just look the smile on my daughter’s face when she comes home every day

Education simply isn't a priority, that is why they're paid so little.

I brought up this topic to someone & they replied “well, they don’t care about the money. They’re passionate about their job, they do it because they love it. Not for the money” and while that is true, that most teachers go into the education system because they are passionate about it, THEY DO DESERVE BETTER PAY. Teachers are so important!!!!!!

I'm a teacher who makes $32,500 a year with a master's degree and 10 years of experience. I will be leaving the profession that I love after this school year because I cannot afford to live on that low of a salary anymore.

I was a teacher for 3 years and my salary was around 27K. That's what they paid starting out. I taught HS Math and subed whenever needed during my planning period. I was expected to be at sporting events/games as much as I was able, have lunch duty one week a month and do carline morning and afternoon one week per month, and have help/tutoring class once a week for one hour. So most days I was working from 7am to 4:30 nonstop. All that in addition to checking tests and HW at home in the evenings and weekends, and having to stay even later due to a meeting or making sure I had my planning done for the week when many teachers fell sick and was expected to be subbing everyday.

I'm a teacher, and although we knew this before, this pandemic really showed how little the US values teachers. Economically and as individuals

One of the things that makes this worse is the fact that many teachers aren’t given enough money to get supplies for their students so they have to use their own money. I vividly remember a teacher nearly in tears when she was talking about how there were no more public pencils for us because people kept taking them

Not only do they want you to be a social worker, a therapist, a teacher and learn safety skills, but they also want you to be a data entry clerk, a monitoring/evaluation specialist (i.e. grading and commenting in a meaningful way on assignments), and in some cases, they also want to micromanage you, and ask you to break the kids’ spirit. I taught middle school math (pre algebra, algebra, algebra 2) and at one school, I was evaluated poorly for taking 20mins to review a topic that I estimated would take 5 mins in my lesson plan. It was a review of what they learned the week before. When confronted, and asked what did I think that said about me as a teacher, I said I think it says I’m student-centered and dynamic/flexible. I noticed a few glaring misconceptions and addressed them right then and there, and I was able to do so thoroughly, on my toes, because I am so familiar with my subject. I nipped the misconception in the bud and re routed my whole lesson so as not to move on to more complex things before the kids were ready. My principal said she thought it showed I was a bad time manager and should have moved on with the lesson as planned and set aside time at a future date to address the misconception. I said that approach might be best in other subjects, but math builds on itself. You cannot move on without certain foundational skills, of which this misconception was one. She said no. Then she made me role play with her acting as the student and set a timer (that she explained was set up purposefully so that she could see it but not me). The first time I did the exercise, quite amazed that I was even being asked to do this and also still in disagreement with the premise, I went 1minute over. So she made me role play again. This time I went 1minute under (still with only her able to see the timer and me blinded to the timer). Then she said no. And demonstrated the way yo do it (so now I played the student in our role play). She of course got right on the dot, 5min (because, again, she could see the timer). So I was asked to do it again, with me playing the teacher again. Finally I got it very close to 5 min. And she ended the session with a very condescending “you’ll do better next time” (I had already been teaching for four years). She also suggested that I script myself in my lesson plans and time myself in a mirror the night before. (So now add actor to the list of jobs I was supposed to do. Never mind I’d earned multiple times speech competitions at the state and national level.) Frankly I think any teacher who feels dependent on scripting themselves daily should consider another profession. At another school, the kids were never allowed to talk to each other. Lunches were silent (every singe lunch, not just a one-off for a punishment), hallways were silent. They were only allowed to talk to each other during structured group exercises in the classroom, where if we heard the kids switching to social talk, we were asked to redirect them and issue demerits if the talking persisted beyond the subject at hand. This was the most depressing school I ever taught at. It broke the kids spirit and it broke my spirit too. One week the school counselor asked us to do a mind map where the kids would draw things that made them happy on one side of a stick figure self portrait and on the other side, things that made them sad. I was alarmed and brought it to the counselors attention when I noticed ALL of my students had school in the sad side. Not a single exception. They ALL put school in the sad side but the happy sides were all different. Some had soccer, some music, siblings, art etc. the counselor didn’t seem to care and didn’t think there was anything to do about it. I quit by October that school year.

When I first started as a teaching assistant, I came to the school early to plan and stayed later planning and getting things together. Since I worked by the hour, I figured I put my time in for the hours I worked. Then the secretary told me that I only put in the school hours even though I invested at least 3 extra hours a day to get things together for the students. And that's not including stuff I did at home. Plus I had a second job. And that second job was getting higher raises than my TA job. So I had HS kids and people coming off the street working at my second job getting almost as much as my TA job which I got a degree and experience for.

My high school teacher was literally working minimum wage at a grocery store.

No wonder why Walter White from Breaking Bad got into drug making business.

I recently retired after 32 years in teaching. I didn't make a living wage until the last 8 years of my career. For each of those 32 years, I routinely spent at least $1500 a year on supplies (sometimes more) out of my own pocket, worked from 6 am to 9-10 pm at night, worked weekends, worked during our so-called "summer vacations". The workload is crushing and my wages didn't keep up with the cost of living. You have no personal life during the school year and barely have one during the summer. Why did I do it? The kids. I miss them every day. Those 32 years meant something more than money. But younger teachers are quitting before they get locked into the system because being an educator has become more and more difficult each year. Parents and the administration often don't support us, but they are happy to thwart us. Don't get me started on the politicians, who conveniently beat up on our profession for votes and cheap applause. Our schools are broken because as we veterans retire, younger teachers are NOT taking our place. I don't blame them. We need more money, but also more autonomy and respect. I won't hold my breath.

ALL EDUCATORS SHOULD HAVE 100% STUDENT LOANS FORGIVEN.

i will never forget my 6th grade history teacher. he made learning fun. he played pranks on us, we did plays and engineering projects and i learned so much that year. but the one thing i will always remember is when my friend asked, “mr wilson, why are you a teacher if it makes so little money?” and he responded “ i don’t do it for the money, i do it to help kids learn.”

Politicians have no incentives to have educated voters.

This breaks my heart. My teachers were some of the most important adults in my life. Teachers too essential to be getting paid crap.

I'm a teacher in Germany and I'm always shocked by how little my colleagues in the US earn... I'm paid really well and teachers in Germany are also treated well in other regards (paying less taxes, better health-insurance and most teachers are state-servants so we can't be fired unless we do something really bad)... However, we also have a shortage in teachers over here...

I was recently at the mall for Christmas shopping with my wife and daughter. I only work 1 job and financially do pretty good. I was disappointed to see 2 of my daughters elementary teachers working at bath and bodyworks because they have to work 2 jobs just to live. They are ELEMENTARY TEACHERS. They work with young children to mold them and teach them and help them and yet we pay them so little they have to work 2 jobs. This is depressing and needs to change immediately. I will start a campaign to raise teachers wages today and make sure they are paid well.

I'm a teacher. My sister stayed at my house for a month. The first week she stayed with me she told me that she was thinking of going into teaching. The last day at my house I told her that I would help her with her classes once she got started. Then she said "I don't want to be a teacher anymore" startled I asked why...she said that she saw me work everyday after school at home including weekends and that she didn't want that for her. In that moment I realized that she was right... I don't want that for her either. The stress and the pay is not worth it. Now I'm thinking of leaving teaching behind...and this makes me sad because I truly love teaching.

It’s good to see teachers standing up for themselves and not accepting the toxicity and disrespect in these districts.

It’s been two years since this article. I check back in on this from time to time. I’m a teacher. I fall into a pit of despair knowing nothing changes. I’m tired and trying to get out of this hole. I want to be able to afford a family of my own and a home of my own. I work hard and do a needed service in this country. Why can’t I as a teacher have those things?

"Because the government doesn't want a population of critical thinkers" George Carlin.

Teachers are paid little all over the world, I'm in Zimbabwe and teachers have been on a strike for the past 5 years

I am a teacher at a public school who has 2 part-time side jobs. By the end of the week, I usually work about 75-80 hours a week. That doesn't include the time I spend grading papers and doing lessons. Also, it doesn't include being a mom, which is another full-time job in itself. Tired is an understatement.

Growing up I never really saw teachers leaving their job or quitting during the school year. But now it seems normal. It always seems like the best teachers leave.

My jaw dropped when I saw Latvia has better teacher pay than so many other countries. By a bloody landslide! I am a Latvian living abroad and honestly could not even imagine my country leading anywhere. Tiers of joy.

Let's not forget all the unpaid overtime teachers are expected to do

In NJ teachers were villainized by Gov Christie simply because we thought that the state should honor its contractual pension requirement for educator retirees after an entire career of low paychecks. We are constantly told that we are failures-- "those who can- do, those who can't- teach." We are told we are lazy because school ends at 3 pm, not taking into account everything that happens after school from tutoring to coaching to leading clubs to taking work home and grading and lesson planning deep into the night. We are told we are leeches because we get two months off in the summer and that we're "paid to do nothing" , while not understanding that the "pay" we get in the summer is money we gave permission to the local Bd of Ed to deduct from every single paycheck we receive during the school yr and hold in escrow for us so that the Bd can then release that money to us in July and August. Lastly we are always told to shut up because teaching is a privilege and if we don't like it to switch to "a real career. " I love what I do, and I'll deal with your high schooler and their problems all day long if necessary, it's the constant disrespect from the adults and society around me that I and other teachers don't appreciate. During a school shooting I'm supposed to die for your kids. During the worst of the pandemic, when people were dropping like flies, I was expected to accept the possibility of getting ill and dying so that your kid could go to school and you could work and society could function. Despite all this, somehow my peers and I are still not deemed worthy by our states and municipalities of getting a decent wage. It's mind boggling and given all the circumstances around the profession , it's a miracle that only now is there starting to be a national teacher shortage crisis. It's a wonder it didn't happen years before. When no one decides to teach, what will happen then?

I went to school outside the United States. The school system would weed out the kids who were there to make trouble and really focus on students who really wanted to learn.

I remember that teacher that was able to show me how to get the common denominator in fractions. She kept me after class and went through it slowly. I was so grateful cuz I felt like such a dummy in class. Thank you Ms Clay

I don't understand how teachers are paid so little and in charge of shaping the entire world. I remember my 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Condry came to my home after my mom passed away to read to me, "Everybody Dies" Or Mr. Billings in high school telling me he thought my writing was interesting. Or Mr. Blank for teaching me symbolism in literature. My teachers changed my life. Pay them wayyyy more. Way way more.

This also applies to adjunct college faculty. It's a low paying job.

Here’s the crazy fact I realized: Most people in their professions today would not be where they are without teachers. I say this because we all learn from teachers in some way or form. We do not just go into a profession without knowing anything.

In Arizona, teachers are paid much less. I was offered 31K with over ten years experience and a Ph.D. in engineering. I walked.

I’m a teacher and I went overseas where I was paid and treated better. It’s a shame how our own country doesn’t see our worth!

I like how the one lady proposes to fix the wage gap by “creating leadership roles” for teachers to take on…. Read: If teachers want more money, they need to do more work. Fact: teachers have already earned that additional money. You are just not paying them for the work already done.

A professor here and when you really.look at hours worked and salaries,it isn't comparable for other jobs in other fields. And yet,people often downplay our impact!!! It's sad

A special education teacher at our local high school left to teach at our local prison because he stood to make almost double teaching prisoners🤯

They really deal with not just teaching but all of society’s problems, everything from poverty to bullying to mental health to people’s personal tragedies to behavior issues. School is one of those places that everyone is required to attend and at any given time you can have all of that in one room.

If you're a teacher in the U.S., I highly recommend taking a job in East Asia for a few years. Your pay will double. Your employer will probably provide an apartment for you. You won't have to take work home nearly at all. Your students will be 10X more respectful than in the U.S. None of your students' parents will harass you or claim you're "just a babysitter". On the off chance you do end up in a bad situation, 50 employers will be fighting to give you a better job. Honestly, I was an educator in the U.S. for a decade, and moving to East Asia not only gave me a chance at retirement, it made me care about teaching again.

I’ve had some amazing teachers Shoutout to Mr. Semus, Mr. Killion Mr. Rosenberg, Mrs. Lockart, and the Top G himself Mr. Farkas Y’all make me love Math, History, and Music! Plz keep doing what your doing and inspiring kids Here’s to those good teachers who somehow find away to make it fun and memorable even with all their life stuff going on!

To all teachers reading this thank you for never giving up on me I was that one student that appreciated your time and love, you make differences in children’s lives with impacting us with your determination everyday

Nowadays, many teachers have to dip into their own pockets to purchase classroom supplies.

Teachers are like every other profession: some are great and some are not. I interned in a middle school for my M.Eds. degree; some teachers were tenured and did almost nothing, the principal unable to fire them. On the other hand, some teachers were heroic, even buying school supplies and books for the needy. Some teachers worked thru the pandemic while others sat back and used the school closure as a free holiday. So, it's a mixed bag and I never criticize, or laude, 'teachers' as a group.

To all teachers, I respect what you do and what you put up with.

Because there are three $100k/year administrators for every $35k/year teacher.

Too much is spent on admin salaries and their are too many admins. Even the superintendent is over paid

If Teachers are uplifted in society, everyone is uplifted.

I'm going to graduate as a teacher soon, although I'm not in for the money since I'm investing, opening a business, I would love to see a change in our system

Teaching jobs are not easy. They deserve more respect and money. Now with the pandemic parents are seeing how difficult that job is.

They deserve more respect. I didn’t realize how little they could get paid.

I retired from a teaching job last year. This video speaks the truth.

One thing that was common in Illinois for a long time, was the practice of RIFing new teachers. That's Reduction in Force. What that is as a district will offer you a contract for three years, then going into your fourth year, cut you from staff. That way they don't have to offer you tenure, and you don't get into the higher salary range. That way, they can go out and hire a first year teacher and save thousands of dollars. I have several friends I graduated college with in the same field as myself that had that happen several times. Few of us are still teaching due to not having any stability along with everything else in this video.

Imagine someone watching this video and saying “Teachers should be paid more!”, then voting for politicians who don’t support public education.

it’s an outdated system. Needs a huge overhaul

I can’t remember a teacher that really impacted my life at all except one teacher that let me pass pre calculus with a grade of 0.8. That made it possible to graduate with an associate degree in Nuclear Technology. I was fortunate to be able to provide ok for my wife and family.

I am grateful for the teachers I've had in my life. Most have touched my life in some way and for that I am forever grateful. 🦋

It's true. I taught school for 11 years and then felt like my personal life was going nowhere. Income matters. It's not only about loving the job. It has to be reasonably financially rewarding as well.

My aunt was a teacher and retired from it, she did it because she loved what she was doing and cared about helping the children, she certainly did not do it for the pay. We absolutely need to pay our teachers reasonable wages for what they are doing.

I was in grade school in the 1960's. I am grateful I had good teachers. I fondly still remember some of them today. Teachers must be paid what their worth. The problem is not going to go away, as much as many school boards wish it would.

The real question is why is it not enough? We provide our children with the most expensive public education in the world for 13 years and have nothing to show for it.

This is why I always tried to be a kind and courteous student to all of my teachers. I saw the stress on the faces of the ones working so hard for our best educational interest, and as I got older, I learned how they aren't paid nearly what they should be. Wouldn't be where I am today without all of the amazing educators I have crossed paths with in my school years. Teachers/professors - THANK YOU, from a very grateful (almost) nurse!

Don’t forget often times, a teacher buys supplies for the class. Need to print out a worksheet for the class? Buy your own paper (which is while I hated it, I understood why they had to ask students to bring in reams of paper for extra credit). Extra pencils/pens for students that can’t afford it or forgot one? Guess who funds it (not the school). And good luck getting it back. And that’s not even getting into the *science* teachers that try to keep their students engaged with interactive experiments. I can’t begin to imagine how much they have to spend on more complex experiments - for multiple classes at that. It’s sad to see how teachers are treated. Most good teachers I’ve had slowly got worked in by a combination of dealing with disrespectful teenagers all day, low pay, unlikable faculty, etc. and either *A.* Leave the profession. *B.* Leave for a different school/area. Or *C.* Slowly turn into a teacher that hates their job and has the class read textbooks and do worksheets all day instead of making learning engaging.

I legit cried when I started working a job after school and the librarian was my coworker

I loved my students and they loved me! I walked away after 3 short years. The system sucks along with the pay. Districts and many principals just can't leave teachers alone to do the jobs they've invested a lot of years and money to prepare for. Too much micromanaging and always heaping more on your plate yet reminding you to do self care! Biggest lip service business out there!

The title says “Why”. Most of the video just states the problem over & over... not “Why”

The cheapest BABYSEATERS! A sad story.

That’s so crazy I’m a dental assistant went to a 9month trade school. I’m 4yrs in and make 55,000. It’s disgusting how they are treating teachers we wouldn’t have doctors,lawyers,managers, or nurses if it wasn’t for them!

I salute teachers. They make a difference in our lives and they should be compensated accordingly. Thank you!

Because it goes to worthless Administrators, not the Teachers.

Drive through any Department of Education parking lot and you will see where all the money goes. It's like driving through a BMW or Mercedes dealership. Administration is where you make the real money.

Remember: all it takes is ONE bad student to ruin the teacher's lives. We should all appreciate what they deal with.

As a former teacher, I have mixed feelings about this. Yes, many teachers are underpaid, but I've met some who were overpaid. Taking education courses should never be a substitute for solid training in history, math, foreign languages and English grammar. Secondly, I feel our society should take a much closer look at school administrators and their bloated salaries. Every citizen should check the salary schedule for their local school district and should demand to know the ratio of the number of students to the number of students.

Mississippi teacher here. We lose about 2-3 great young teachers each year to better paying and less stressful jobs. I talk to every young teacher that walks in the doors at our school about looking at the future and think about it financially and not just "you are doing something important" or "you are doing something you love". The truth is after your teaching career is done, while you may have enjoyed it, you still want to "live" and even with a pension it's almost impossible to justify the lost potential wages by changing careers. Fifteen years ago I made that choice and at this time I'm more than a million dollars down, pay wise, compared to what I could have made at a job I was offered. I don't want another young person to make that same mistake. And the line, "we need to invest more to get better teachers" is just pure BS. Young teachers that I see are way more qualified to handle the modern education system then most veterans. Ninety percent of them are better than most of us veterans were at their age and experience. I'm out at the end of this year and can't wait. I'm not tired of the kids, I'm tired of the admins, testing, parents and all the other constant crap that makes what was once a great job just pure misery.

I loved almost all of my teachers. I hadn't seen my high school history teacher in over 12 years and he hollered to me in Walmart not to long ago. 12 years later and he immediately recognized me. He was in the military and deployed my freshman year. I keep in touch with my 5th grade teacher. She was amazing. When my 2nd grade teacher passed away, over 700 former students turned out to her funeral. My middle school math teacher, Mr. Crowley was also a memorable guy. He worked at the gas station with my uncle because teaching didnt pay enough. Sad he had to do all that.

I’m working on my secondary mathematics degree right now and plan on going into math teaching when I finish. I understand what’s in front of me and all the financial hardship that can come from it, but I don’t see myself doing any other profession. I plan on the possibility of having an extra job or two on top of it, working 7 days a week if needs be. I hope things get better, especially when I graduate, but until then I’m preparing myself for what looks to be coming

I don’t want to start a fight, but we live in place where entertainment is put above education.

The situation with American teachers is heartbreaking for me. I worry about US education and healthcare. There's such a rich/poor divide.

give the politician a teacher wage per day and we might see the difference

The biggest insult to teachers is that school boards and state governments are okay with replacing teachers with unqualified replacements like military vets. It just shows their ignorance and contempt for teachers.

Last I checked, a few years ago, in my area in California, teachers start at about $49,000 and go up to about $95,000.

"WHY ARE MY KIDS FAILING IN SCHOOL?" "Well, do your kids complete their homework?" "HOW CAN MY KIDS DO THEIR HOMEWORK WHEN THEY HAVE SOCCER PRACTICE?!?"

I used to work in public education as IT Systems engineer managing school networks and servers. I met a lot of great teachers and school staff and 99% of them are there for the love of the job and truly want to make a difference in kids futures. But the biggest problem I saw in The education system is that k12 education is treated like an assembly line. Get as many people passing the standardized test and bench marks test so that everything look better on paper usually mandated from the state and federal level. The entire us college education system is flawed also. I’ve seen some high school kids with more working knowledge write code, set up computer systems and networks better than computer science majors with degrees. throwing money at the schools ain’t gonna do nothing either if they ain’t spending it on the correct stuff either. I’ve seen some schools purchase $1800 MacBooks for every kid in the school so that they can access testing sites that can be done from a $120 Cromebook.

I think the best way to help improve the pay rate for teachers is start their pay rate at the normal pay rate on their first year. Every year they stay they should get a raise by 5%, and another raise based off their performance (behavioral, emotional, and knowledgeably towards their students and school). The reason I say this is because I know teachers who have their masters but are some of the worst educators, yet those who had just received their bachelor and even those who are assistant teachers are much better educators. Teaching is extremely important and having amazing teachers is even more important. Having a higher pay rate and more benefits for teachers would allow more teachers to stay in that field.

Since leaving the teaching profession, I have nearly doubled my salary, while simultaneously reducing both the number of jobs and hours worked. While teaching, I worked two jobs, as well as a seasonal job and coached athletics year round. Factoring in lesson plans, grading, and regular phone calls made to parents, I averaged 60+ hours per week for my primary job as an educator. In my current profession, I work a single job and average 45+ hours per week. My general health has also improved due to a reduction in work related stress. Teaching is a challenging profession and many individuals fail to understand its complexities. Edit: Because it has been mentioned several times below...money was not a primary factor in my decision for leaving the teaching profession. The video is centered around teacher salary so my response merely reflects the topic of the video. I have a family and finding a balance between work and life with my family is most important. I can work less hours in a different profession, thus allowing me to spend more time with my family. I'm merely fortunate that my income increased from changing careers. Personally, I feel that money only matters up to a certain point and after that it yields diminishing returns.

The best thing I’ve ever done for myself was to leave teaching music in a public school to teach privately. I just couldn’t keep living like that. The stress was too much for me. I earn less now but am much happier.

Average American worker has a “compensated” year of 2080 hours, which is 260 days. Teachers, on the other hand, have an average of contract days at 184 days. That means they work 30% fewer days than the average worker PLUS get crazy awesome benefits (free or nearly free insurance, pensions, government loan programs, student loan forgiveness, etc.)

Teachers start at 65k with 0 years of experience and top out at 115k at 20 years working 180 days per year in my district. Not sure how that is not a livable wage?

I’ve been teaching for over 15 years. In that amount of time I’ve seen a lot of changes in education and none for the best. Teachers have been bogged down with more paperwork than ever before due to someone in admin’s idea of programs that are sure to “cure” our educational issues. I average about 10 hour days and give up one entire day of my weekend every week...and this was before the pandemic. I’m afraid of more pay because I think someone is going to say, “Show me the proof that they are worthy of this increase” and we have more paperwork, data collection, and testing to do. Standardized tests that are grossly not age appropriate for most child’s level of cognitive thinking are really in place to see if the teacher is worthy of their meager 1% raise each year...these tests aren’t about student achievement when a teacher’s raise is tied to these scores by 30+% of their yearly evaluation.

I honestly think the people getting rich are book publishers like pearson. Most of the admin at my local school aren’t rich.

Teachers MUST get paid more! They have to deal with student behavior and teach at the same time PLUS take work home (lesson plans, test making and grading, bus and recess duties etc.) They also have to set up meetings with parents too. I remember a friend who worked at a bar who wanted to major in elementary education but was talked out of it. She was very glad about the decision. I know a few people who worked side jobs to supplement their teacher pay. Very sad! Without GOOD teachers there would be no doctors, engineers, scientists, culinary chefs, mechanics, electricians, carpenters, nurses, etc. Teachers deserve BETTER salary!

I find it a disgrace that our government makes so much money and cant give our teacher the raise they need to survive, they deserve our respect, this country is going down the tubes, but we can help other countries but not our own😢

Thanks to teachers all over the world even though they are low paid, they are still highly dedicated to teaching

Teachers in the hood I respect them so much because these kids could be so *DISRESPECTFUL*

My advice: Become a Home School Teacher. I took both my Special Education sins out of public school. They werent learning squat, bullied too. After reading the book " DUMBING US DOWN" : The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling" by John Taylor Gatta , I felt sure my decision was correct and my sons would learn more and be happier in home school. Ask any high school kid basic questions on different subjects and you will get a blank stare or ridiculous answers. Ask them " What was the Underground Railroad" or " What was the war of U S Independence called" or " Who is the Vice President now" or " What planet is the hottest" or.. but they know Kim Kardashian wore yesterday. So sad.

2 teachers bought my home on Long Island, their combined income is north of $250K

Childcare workers too. As a preschool teacher i get paid crap,but iam expected to do so much. Guess what,i get them first. Nobody could do their job without childcare workers,yet we are seen as “babysitters” and disposable