• red_rising
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      772 months ago

      Because for decades teaching has been marketed as ‘a calling’ not a job. People say things like, ‘teachers do what they have to’ or ‘no one goes into teaching for the money’ or ‘you might be the only person in some of these kids lives that care for them.’ These kind of phrases allow higher ups to continually slash teaching budgets while convincing teachers that they must fill the shortfall because of they don’t, who will? It’s bullshit.

      • @reddig33@lemmy.world
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        312 months ago

        People are in for a rude awakening after republicans get rid of public schools. You think buying your own supplies is expensive — wait until you get the bill for going to private school.

      • @SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee
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        32 months ago

        Much like nurses in the U.K., and their current pay battles. There are even former nurses saying “they should do it for the love of the job”.

    • Neato
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      162 months ago

      They shouldn’t. Education is critically and routinely underfunded because dumb people vote conservative.

      • @SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee
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        There will be a point where people will wish that education standards hadn’t been allowed to fall so low…but as long as the rich keep getting richer, I suppose no one will care.

    • @Num10ck@lemmy.world
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      122 months ago

      rich neighborhoods often pay $200+ per student per year for supplies.

      poor neighborhoods just get by without supplies

  • Flying Squid
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    232 months ago

    Teachers shouldn’t be paying for teaching supplies in the first place.

  • @ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    192 months ago

    I had a boss once who avoided paying taxes on his 49’ sailing yacht by “donating” it to his church. It was then technically owned by the church (so no taxes, either transfer or property) but he still used it exclusively.

    • @T00l_shed@lemmy.world
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      112 months ago

      The unfortunate part is that then kids in your class would be missing out on school supplies. It’s not right for teachers to use their own money for school supplies though.

      • @phoneymouse@lemmy.world
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        That would be the schools and the parents problem. It would present a challenge to my job to find a way to teach without supplies, but I’d rather do that then spend my own money on my job.

        Edit: whoever is downvoting, I hope you spend your paycheck on your job

  • @RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    152 months ago

    Well, have a party or three with businesses clients on the yacht and you can write that off. However, I think the vast majority of people have their yachts registered under shell corporations, and that opens up a lot of opportunities for writeoffs.

    • @JayleneSlide@lemmy.world
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      Scuba diver and sailor here. Above a certain size, boats have watertight bulkheads and pumps to remove water, like fire hose levels of water. May I suggest a thermal lance? Works great underwater, cuts through metal better than a drill, and can cut a slice long enough to cut past multiple bulkheads.