My son's public school teacher is so "greedy".....

[RandySF]

that she fed another kid out of her own pocket after a parent forgot the lunch money. Yeah, they only care about themselves. (snark)

[Autumn]

1. My Niece does that a lot

teachers are good at nurturing.

[femmocrat]

2. It happens all the time.

A lot of teachers keep nutritious snacks in their classrooms for hungry children.

[muntrv]

3. Damn those teacher's unions!

:sarcasm:

[Brickbat]

4. If she's feeding kids who aren't her own, that just PROVES she's overpaid!

[seabeyond]

5. and a socialist... lol. nt

[Smarmie Doofus]

6. It's this friggin Greater Depression.

The idea that some people have more ( pension, time-off, etc.) than they have drives people nuts. Doesn't matter if it's reality based.

Naturally, the economic elite encourages this kind of "thinking".

I wonder why.

[Taitertots]

13. I'm confused why some people are upset about teachers, but not billionaire CEOs

How have the economic elite sheltered themselves from this kind of "thinking"? I tend I'm not concerned about the person who gets one more week of vacation than I do. I'm concerned that the productive gains of the masses are siphoned off to a parasitic financier class.

[Smarmie Doofus]

15. It's not so confusing , imo.

$$$$ media is full of stories about education "reform" . There's something wrong w. those GD teachers. Gotta be!

Our collective anxiety over 'hard times' has to hone in on *something*.

Lack of commensurate concern w...... and attention to....massive redistribution of wealth over the last 30 years. From the middle/working class.... to the top 5% and esp. to the top 1%.


If you controlled a media empire....... which narrative would you want to push?

[SheilaT]

7. Actually, you've made me think.

I have a friend, retired from teaching but continuing to work as an aid in a public school in my city. I'll have to ask here if they need to do that very often, and simply give her a twenty dollar bill every so often to help out.

[markpkessinger]

8. I have two sisters who have been public school their entire adult lives...

... although one has just retired. But the number of times both of them have shelled out money either to feed a kid, or to provide basic classroom supplies that the school district should have provided. And it's not like these "greedy" sisters of mine don't have their own families to feed, their own mortgages to pay, their own kids to send to college, their own car payments, etc.

My sisters are/were both very skilled at their jobs. The retired sister (the oldest of my siblings) taught high school honors English. She had a reputation among current students of being an overly demanding taskmaster; yet every year, she would get letters from former students thanking her profusely for how well she had prepared them for college studies.

The other sister, who is still teaching, teaches the Third Grade. She has such a warm and caring demeanor about her, which her students adore, and she consistently churns out the highest reading scores in her district.

I've watched both of these sisters over the past 35-40 years, as they have done their level best to provide meaningful education to students whose parents are sometimes less than grateful, all the while coping with the twists and turns of whatever educational model or theory happens to have the ear of state officials or district administrators in a particular year. And you know something? It isn't just my sisters. I would bet there are far more teachers out there who are like my two sisters than there are those who are not. All the teacher bashing that has been going on of late simply makes my blood boil!

[Starry Messenger]

9. I get tubs of trail mix at Costco for the classroom.

Hungry teenagers are hard to teach.

[LWolf]

12. Yes.

Afternoon snacks are essential. Anybody in my room can bring their own or access what I bring, any time.

[knitter4democracy]

14. I keep snacks in my desk, too.

Jerky sticks are really popular and help with the after-lunch sugar lows.

[My Good Babushka]

10. My son's public school teacher

gave the PTA a blank check for her class when they did their "Santa's Lane" Christmas present shopping for little gifts for their friends and family. She said "None of my kids will be told they don't have enough."

[w8liftinglady]

11. my partner is one of those greedy public school teachers.

he spends money... not only on the basics, but he makes little gift bags when the kids have standardized tests, gets them all holiday presents, sponsors a few cook-outs, and,along with a retired school counselor, shoe his poorer kids(His student population is 99% below the poverty level).

Teachers will always have my undying respect.