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Pacman_Frog t1_j6w4kdg wrote

Reply to comment by kagalibros in TIFU by getting the same thrifted cups as someone I know by transcendentdanae

>why the teacher buying cups for school

Public schools are extremely poorly run. 90% of them put most of their budget into sports/athletic programs and force teachers to pay out of pocket just for the ability to do their jobs correctly.

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Titariia t1_j6w5ypu wrote

Man, I wouldn't want my kids in a school that can't even afford a set of cups for a dollar, especially since public schools (I know of) usually have a small fee you have to pay at the start of the year regardless for material. Why not just use like a dollar of that to stock glasses and pencils and whatever you need in the classroom.

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transcendentdanae OP t1_j6w974j wrote

Lol don’t worry, our school really does have a lot of cups available. They provide paper and plastic options, which I choose not to use. I also get reimbursed for anything I buy, but there is a budget. I can afford the cups and more, which is why this is so particularly stupid.

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Pacman_Frog t1_j6w67v7 wrote

Because. Like I said. Public schools are poorly run. They invest everything in sports programs so they can get on TV and get more money to then reinvest into sports. Meanwhile the computer courses are teaching on Apple II's in the heyday of Windows XP/Vista.

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kagalibros t1_j6w7rvj wrote

>preschool

but its preschool, no? Or is the preschool in the US going to an age beyond 6 years? H ere in germany preschool is before 1. class elementary school and you enter elementary at age 6.

Who takes preschool sports serious?

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zorggalacticus t1_j6webla wrote

Most public schools in the US are all one big school district. Like the state budget is the same for all of them. Then it's divided up by counties, then cities and towns. The state won't allocate much budget to a preschool, and the schools they give most of the budget to spend it on sports programs. Most teachers in public schools are expected to buy their own classroom supplies. Our schools are criminally underfunded and the leadership is corrupt. If the budget were increased it'd still probably just be funneled into the sports programs. New uniforms, equipment, remodeling the gym, football field, etc.

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kagalibros t1_j6x5b7l wrote

Does nobody here read shit anymore?

PRESCHOOL!

Are 👏 you 👏 doing 👏 that 👏 for 👏preschool 👏 aswell 👏 questionmark 👏

DO YOU REALLY TAKE PRESCHOOL SPORTS SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IT INCREASES FUNDING OF PRESCHOOLS???

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ComeHellOrBongWater t1_j6xc7xq wrote

You’re the one not reading. School districts, shared budget, sport focus, no money for preschools in general.

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Muroid t1_j6xju18 wrote

There’s not a separate preschool budget. There’s just the budget for the school district.

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kagalibros t1_j6ydlhb wrote

it does not need to be seperated. or the way shared budget is used for americans fundamentaly clashes with european understanding of said shared budget.

The idea that preschool budget which is part of district wide educational budget could be affected by high school sports is foreign to us.

Our preschools also share a budget with all schools in the same district. A bigger school does get more money per child but that does not substract from another school and also more funds are allocated to schools in social flashpoints or places who have been historically worse off as well as older schools. (due to their cultural heritage value as a school) But just because the highschool next door is huge, doesnt mean that the preschool gets less funds

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kagalibros t1_j6w7mzu wrote

sorry, I knew it was the US with underpaid teachers etc.

But I figured sourcing out cups isnt a teachers job. I know they are underpaid and I heard they had to buy material like paper and stuff which are all essential to teaching.

I figured either the parents pay or the kids bring their own cup. Thats what we did for preschool in germany and we were not allowed to have glass cups.

Thats the confusion I have.

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