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ChefMike1407 t1_iu4xpjw wrote

Reply to comment by MotorboatingSofaB in Sub shortage adds to teacher stress: Many report depression, burnout and more after COVID-19 burdens by rollotomasi07071

It’s been rough. I’ve never seen it so bad. I am in my 12th year, pay has been stagnant, resources are few and far between, and buying your own supplies has become the norm. I decided to go back to university at 36 in hopes of finding something new, because teaching for another 30 years is not an option.

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daedalus_was_right t1_iu4zvb3 wrote

>Buying your own supplies has become the norm

This has always been the norm.

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murphydcat t1_iu59drd wrote

I was married to a teacher. We had to purchase paint and paint her classroom over the summer.

She often emails me assignments, quizzes, etc and asks me to run off copies at my office because the one copier that serves the entire school is broken.

My brother makes over $200k as a middle manager for an insurance company and often rants how teachers are overpaid and hardly work because they "get summers off."

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ChefMike1407 t1_iu5m5tw wrote

I’ve never had a summer off in 12 years. And let’s be honest, most of the teachers not working are taking care of their families.

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Linenoise77 t1_iu5ahls wrote

What district in NJ is letting teachers paint their rooms.

My wife is an educator, I've been in tons of schools in my course of work as well.

The shitstorm that would cause with the union would be insane.

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daedalus_was_right t1_iu51okw wrote

Lol, idk what fancy ass district you attended as a student, but when I was in elementary and high school (back in the 90s) we would get classroom points or extra credit for bringing in tissues, printer paper, etc... because teachers weren't supplied with these things by the district.

Buying your own supplies has always been the norm for teachers.

Edit; it appears some of you are interpreting this comment as being dismissive of teachers having to shell out of their own woefully low salaries for classroom supplies. I am one of those schmucks who is constantly having to pay out of pocket for classroom supplies. I've spent over 100 bucks just this school year so far on my own classroom. All I'm saying is this problem is not new. Educators in this country have been ridiculously abused for generations.

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Fryceratops t1_iu5468r wrote

No it was not. In the 1970/80s when I was in school teachers were supplied what they needed.

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