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and reminder that the opportunity cost of a few days’ strike is far outweighed by teachers being overworked to the bone without adequate compensation or psychological support, resulting in the best teachers weeding themselves out of the field altogether.

anti-union sentiment is hurting kids.

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[–] spujb@lemmy.cafe 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

thats so enraging im so sorry

We generally find that the preponderance of empirical evidence suggests that teacher unionization and union strength are associated with increases in district expenditures and teacher salaries, particularly salaries for experienced teachers. Cowen and Strunk

[–] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

He claims to understand the plight of teachers because his mom was a high school guidance counselor 50 years ago and his sister was a tutor/substitute teacher 15 years ago. He’s 100% out of touch and if that wasn’t already clear, he told me that he didn’t believe there was a teacher shortage.

[–] cqthca@reddthat.com 1 points 7 months ago

Autodidact here. If one has drive, and a >20Mb internet connection and even a ten year old computer, one can teach oneself Mechanical Drafting, Excel & Access (or other spreadsheet & relational database, like libre office suite). Here is my advice to any driven young person, like 16 with a car.

  • get your GED/HiSET
  • if you are into trades, like the South Park episode showed is gonna be jackin', is apprenticeship.gov
  • if you are into free college, modernstates.org
  • if you want to start a business, sba.gov

I went with finishing public HS till 18, instead of jumping out with a GED or HiSET at 16, getting an apprenticeship (mechanical drafting) & doing that put me 2 years behind the ones that did this, and like AI, those are two important years, like the Pink Floyd song, Time...

And then one day you find

Two years have got behind you

No one told you when to run

You missed the starting gun