> have to spend from their own salary so other people’s kids to have access to learning activities and materials. I can not describe in words how much I hate t

> have to spend from their own salary so other people’s kids to have access to learning activities and materials. I can not describe in words how much I hate this utter false narrative. Stop giving money for this bullshit and it instantly stops within 24 months. Period. It only continues because of wording like "have to" in these sort of posts. No, they don't have no. If they didn't, schools would pick up the insanely trivial cost of these items. This is not a source of school funding issues. 99% of parents can figure out where to get an extra $50 over the course of a school year if they care even a tiny little bit. The 80/20 rule you describe holds true almost everywhere in life. 20% of the people on the planet do 80% of the work, that's how it always has been and always will be. Unfortunately compensation will never properly align. > Smart and capable people that might be interested in teaching the next generation if the pay didn’t suc This has almost nothing to do with the pay, and everything to do with how shitty the job is. I'd educate smart motivated kids with parents who would kick their ass at home for a very marginal salary - it's fulfilling and interesting. Public school in the US as it's practiced today? I'm not sure you could offer me enough money to do such a thing. I'd rather retire today than take such a job at 4x my current pay. Perhaps solve that last paragraph of mine and we could actually fix education in this country. Edit: tldr; we agree for the most part but I'm much more militant in nature :)