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> Today, us second floor teachers pooled our personal money.. > If you're well-off, or even not as much, understand that your profession is (wrongly or rightly

> Today, us second floor teachers pooled our personal money.. > If you're well-off, or even not as much, understand that your profession is (wrongly or rightly) valued more than ours It's some weird science fiction reality we live in where those responsible for raising the next generation of our race are compensated minimally and asked for so much. While a lot of us reel in 10x a teacher's salary to improve business processes which are mostly just selling non-essential goods. I used to participate in reddit's teacher gift program. Are you on this?

nsriv 4y ago
First I'm hearing about this, but sounds wonderful. We were told we would be reimbursed, and they're generally good about that sort of thing, but thank you! Please consider looking at places like DonorsChoose if you'd like to donate money, especially to towns away from large cities. It's my hope that we can get more active citizen participation in education reform, so if possible consider local activism. The scene can be messy and frustrating but it should offer you greater visibility in the ways money can change the paradigm and expectations of the system. And to be fair, I've been looking at getting out of teaching and landing a job in data analysis myself, so I'm not as pure of motive as many think teachers are. This last week has just really pushed me to make this my last year of teaching.