Why These 18 Oklahoma Teachers Are Quitting Their Jobs

[Anonymous]

This video is so heartbreaking.

[Anonymous]

Stupid OK.

[Anonymous]

That video is so sad but the US just doesn't care about public education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That video is so sad but the US just doesn't care about public education.

some states do; some states want low taxes which hurts public education for sure. It's just a choice their citizens make.

[Anonymous]

We all have power. The power of our vote. I cringe every time I hear someone isn't going to vote in an election. We can change this if we don't ignore the power of each and every vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We all have power. The power of our vote. I cringe every time I hear someone isn't going to vote in an election. We can change this if we don't ignore the power of each and every vote.

It's not the amount of money--it is how it is managed. Just watch an FCPS School Board meeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We all have power. The power of our vote. I cringe every time I hear someone isn't going to vote in an election. We can change this if we don't ignore the power of each and every vote.

It's not the amount of money--it is how it is managed. Just watch an FCPS School Board meeting.

Do you have any particulars in mind?

[Anonymous]

I went to college with someone in this video. Wow. Really hitting home for me (I am also a teacher, but on the east coast).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That video is so sad but the US just doesn't care about public education.

some states do; some states want low taxes which hurts public education for sure. It's just a choice their citizens make.

And the people in the video chose to become teachers. Don't go into a field without researching it. We ultimately have to be responsible for our decisions. Blaming others doesn't help anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That video is so sad but the US just doesn't care about public education.

some states do; some states want low taxes which hurts public education for sure. It's just a choice their citizens make.

And the people in the video chose to become teachers. Don't go into a field without researching it. We ultimately have to be responsible for our decisions. Blaming others doesn't help anyone.

Okay, wait a minute....when you are 18 or 19 years old, most people aren't wise enough to do research the pay in every state and all the implications of that. I mean, when I decided my profession, I didn't have a good understanding of the pay or health insurance outside of "oh, I need a job that provides insurance".
When teachers have to rely on food pantries, there is very, very clearly something wrong and the problem isn't that some young kid didn't research his or her field.

[Anonymous]

Scott Pruitt
Sen Inhofe

Enough said

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That video is so sad but the US just doesn't care about public education.

some states do; some states want low taxes which hurts public education for sure. It's just a choice their citizens make.

And the people in the video chose to become teachers. Don't go into a field without researching it. We ultimately have to be responsible for our decisions. Blaming others doesn't help anyone.

Some of those teachers have been teaching for 9, 13, or 20 years. They made a choice and in many of those years OK funding has been frozen, salaries have stagnated and benefits are eroding. Even where I teach (Fairfax County) salaries and benefits are not equal to what people “signed up for” just a few years ago.

Regardless, I think the PP is a poor attitude to have towards education professionals.

[Anonymous]

How did we get here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That video is so sad but the US just doesn't care about public education.

some states do; some states want low taxes which hurts public education for sure. It's just a choice their citizens make.

And the people in the video chose to become teachers. Don't go into a field without researching it. We ultimately have to be responsible for our decisions. Blaming others doesn't help anyone.

Do you not see the bigger picture here? What becomes of the country when we don't educate our children? When we devalue teachers and schools to the point that is reflected in this video? Yes, it's hard on those individual teachers, but the bigger issue is the kids left behind in their classrooms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did we get here?

Its always been there.