5 ms·
I could go into the whole "how the system is broken" side of things, but I want to focus on the other aspect: intolerance. Intolerance of anyone who doesn't fit
by darth_avocado 5y ago
I could go into the whole "how the system is broken" side of things, but I want to focus on the other aspect: intolerance. Intolerance of anyone who doesn't fit in.
My brother's wife is a Pediatrician. Not a teacher, but the story of rural schools is kind of the same as of rural healthcare. She is an immigrant, who studied in America, but as part of her visa, she needs to serve an "underserved area" for at least a couple of years. She's more than happy to do it.
She had a couple of jobs interviews across the country. One of them, in rural Alabama, paying $450000. But when she went there, even before she reached the hospital, she received so much hostility, she decided she didn't want to pursue it anymore. She instead took up a job in rural California, and gets paid half of what she would in Alabama, where despite being a conservative stronghold, it's comparatively better.
It's one of those things which unfortunately money cannot fix.
- ku-man 5y agoIf you provide her country of origin it will help to put this account in a better context
- rkk3 5y ago> I want to focus on the other aspect: intolerance. Intolerance of anyone who doesn't fit in. Even in the article the Superintendant left in part due to receiving assassination threats...