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A Boring Dystopia

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A literal child taking orders in a fast food restaurant in the US (lemmy.world)
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[–] Enk1@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago (3 children)
  1. The school is funded already through taxpayers.

Where do you live that public schools are properly funded by taxes? American schools are embarrassingly underfunded, and teachers are tragically underpaid and typically have to spend their own money to buy supplies for their students.

[–] Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 48 points 10 months ago

The fact that public schools used to be properly funded by taxes and aren't any longer is part of the dystopia. Do you think I'm defending the current system?

[–] rosymind@leminal.space 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

https://usafacts.org/topics/education/

I was surprised to find out how much the U.S. actually does spend on education, given how shitty it is. Idk where the money is going, but it's definitely funded

[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure if I'm reading the data wrong or what, but that usafacts.org says 35% of people 25 or older have at least a bachelors degree. When I checked the census data, it says only 27.4% have that... https://data.census.gov/table/ACSST1Y2021.S1501?q=EDUCATIONAL%20ATTAINMENT&g=010XX00US$0400000&tid=ACSST1Y2021.S1501

[–] rosymind@leminal.space 2 points 10 months ago

Link doesn't work for me, but I'll look it up

[–] Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 points 10 months ago

Part of this comes from the fact that most public schools are funded from local property taxes, so naturally wealthier residents have better public schools due to better funding as they naturally pay more in taxes

[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Imagine if they spent anything on teachers