Oklahoma Teachers Aren't Taking the Government's Crap Anymore - The Jim Jefferies Show

[@sarawilliamson5420]

I left teaching because I made more bartending. And anyone who gave me shit gets removed.

[@MrJimheeren]

Sara Williamson ouch, that’s fucked up

[@dverschuer]

That is insane

[@LPFredrik]

The proper way of using "thank you for your service"! Big ups!

[@Silverfirefly1]

All you need now is an ex student that gave you shit to turn up.

[@eweksi]

Tragic.

[@zachpriddy8432]

Jim Jeffries is John Oliver if he got completely hammered

[@DeosPraetorian]

Michael Vechnak our*

[@vinnievalentine421]

Thats right, because im the one writing his jokes and im the one whos hammered

[@janetpotter8101]

Michael Vechnak agreed

[@brittkelly9878]

@Michael Vechnak your tripping bro chill out homie

[@lu-dx6oh]

That just means the Australian version

[@SingSongThePegasus]

Oklahoman student here. The legislature is trying to wait us out. We've been out since last Monday, and the OEA's demands have been made clear- Congress needs to pass a capital gains tax and Fallin needed to veto a repeal on the hotel tax. She didn't. Now we're gridlocked- the govt isn't listening anymore. I miss school, but my teachers and the future of our schools deserve better. We can't give in now.

[@thiefofa1073]

Hi Caecilius, since you're a student there can I ask you whether after the recent Oklahoma Senate Bill 393 (the Oklahoma Science Education Act) was passed in September 2017, whether you kids have had any new lessons or classes to deal with creationism? Just curious as most of us are keyboard warriors not in Oklahoma. Thanks and good luck.

[@Jlk2000x]

Hang in there. Your teachers deserve better than what they're getting. Love from Arkansas.

[@Exzimius]

Yeah. I'm in Oklahoma too, and I miss going to school suprisingly. But I support the teachers and what they're doing

[@Exzimius]

thiefofa1073 No. As far as I know we don't learn about creationalism.

[@snflwry]

I have a few friends that are attorneys that joined the teachers at the capitol on Monday. (Side note: if you haven’t seen a video of that, please look one up. It’s amazing.) They agreed that the representatives that are refusing to even hear any bills that would increase funding for education are just waiting until the Wednesday, the first day to file to run in the upcoming elections, to see if they are going to be unopposed or not. Hopefully by tomorrow afternoon they will all change their tunes. I know of many, many people, mainly teachers, who are going to run against them. Also, I was a student in Oklahoma, I have 2 kids attending school here, and I have several friends that are teachers and I’ve never seen or heard of creationism being taught in a public school. I’m sure the private religious schools around here teach it, but that’s about it.

[@tmrezzek5728]

What it's like being a teacher: - work from 7:00 AM till midnight (gotta correct homework and do prep AFTER class.) - blow 50% of your salary on supplies for the classroom. - work all day Saturday, either doing prep/correcting homework OR doing chaperoning for some school function. - blow another 40% of your salary on mandatory "workshops" so you can "upgrade" your skills (but, really, you're attending these only because the admin made some shady deal with a testing company and if you don't attend, ha-ha, you're fired.) Oh, and these workshops will be done during the summer so, no, you DON'T get the summer off, even though misinformed dumbfucks insist you do. - wake up at age 50 or thereabouts and realize you're spent 1/4 of your life slaving away in education and all you've got to show for it is ill health (no time to exercise since you're always at school), zero social life, MAYBE a couple grand in your IRA (thanks to all that school supply-buying), and--as Jeffries said--it pretty much looks like you WILL be living alone in the back seat of a Yaris or in a dingy rented room somewhere if you retire. So, yeah, it's no-fucking-wonder that nobody wants to be a teacher anymore. Striking teachers in Oklahoma? Hell, let's not stop there--I'm all for a NATIONAL teachers' strike. Maybe that would wake up the dim-bulb GOP wankers who KEEP CUTTING EDUCATION BUDGETS EVERY ELECTION TERM. If you want better-educated students, you're gonna have to give teachers something to work with other than ratty, 30 year-old textbooks.

[@Originalmtcur]

Get a different job. It's not fucking aeronautical engineering. There is no one making you stay at that job. Don't like it? Find another job. For fuck sakes, you sound like the dumb asses working at McDonalds wanting more money than market says they are worth.

[@TokyoBlue587]

That's the thing, though. The Republicans actually *don't* want better educated students. Educated people might vote Republicans out. Look who they elected president? King of the morons, who seems proud of being ignorant about just about every subject.

[@lulumatthewiosi179]

That's the point. People are getting different jobs, because the payment sucks, which leads to a shortage of teachers. How people seem to think teachers don't matter, that education doesn't matter is beyond me. The need and demand of teachers is a lot fucking greater than of aeronautical engineering or cashiers at McDolands. Furthermore, it's freaking education! A society, freaking democracy is dependent on having educated citizens and voters. Schools shouldn't be ruled by the market and by economic incentives.

[@salvo7842]

TM Rezzek it's so true. It's heart breaking.

[@iraamerson623]

I feel for you kind of it takes a special kind of person to slog through teaching. I would recommend cutting out homework, studies show it sucks and doesn't help. If you're a dumb-shit homework won't fucking help, and if your lucky enough to have parents that teach you how to read sitting in class is pretty much enough as long as part of class is dedicated to exercises of the daily studies. I never did homework, ever. If i hadn't gotten A's and B's on test i would have flunked and not from a lack of knowledge. Shit, my 6th grade report card was 2 F's 3 D's and a C. I aced the placement test because I actually kind of listened in class, in fact they wanted me to skip 7th grade. Seriously homework is fucking stupid!

[@thomasridley8675]

If you want gun control have the teachers show up armed at the next protest.

[@davidbeppler3032]

That is a good point. ;)

[@davidbeppler3032]

Sino Jas you are? Ok, you are looking for 1600 Pennsylvania ave. Google it. Good luck and gods speed.

[@mypal1990]

This is bad for schools. What bothers me is how government is belittling teachers like children.

[@proudunapologeticliberal2026]

Emmanuel Alejandro -be specific IN RED STATES !!!!west Virginia, oklohama

[@brettperry3737]

Emmanuel Alejandro of course they are. All that money went to build more prisons. It's not like they'll release millions of non violent drug offenders to free up resources needed to educate children. What else are they gonna do with all those black people they don't want voting.

[@Jlk2000x]

Emmanuel Alejandro It's not okay to belittle children either, my guy.

[@Cajek2]

Emmanuel Alejandro it isnt the government per se, it is republicans who want to defund education

[@Cajek2]

PROUD UNAPOLOGETIC LIBERAL amen!

[@pop5678eye]

Republican logic: let's cut the taxes of corporate CEOs and give them higher bonuses, that will incentivize attracting talent. Let's threaten to cut the salaries and benefits of teachers to incentivize getting talent in schools... WTF? You know why so many European and Asian nations do better in education? Because they incentivize attracting talent by respecting teachers and giving them the necessary benefits for a comfortable (not necessarily rich) life. You know why Japan is doing so well in education compared to the US for example? Because they respect, support, and honor their teachers! A lot better incentive than the 'oh he became a teacher because he wasn't good at doing anything so fuck him!' attitude in the US.

[@lucieciepka1031]

Almost no one thinks of giving money to schools. In a democracy schools are not represented. Students don’t have the right to vote, teachers are a minority, most of the parents have bigger problems like feeding the family, rent or mortgage and once you hit 50 you only vote for retirement. Europe is not an exception.

[@paranuts7693]

Not investing in your own citizens is the American way. That’s why America lost its #1 spot a long time ago.

[@paranuts7693]

Michael Vechnak ok douche

[@paranuts7693]

Tucson Jim your narrow mind at work.

[@paranuts7693]

Tucson Jim awe so wise Jim thx

[@paranuts7693]

Tucson Jim I’m old enough to know your blind patriotism is pure stupidity and most likely means you also believe in fairytales like gods. Think it’s time to pull your head out of your ass and wake up douche bag.

[@paranuts7693]

Tucson Jim damn man do you have a life? First off I’m not a liberal and second I do live in America. I have lived in another country for four years. How about you? You ever live anywhere besides here? Ever left the state you were born in? Seems you have way to much time on your hands so why don’t you go out there and experience the world instead of just going off others thoughts and beliefs then providing links to their stuff.

[@akmal94ibrahim]

Did she just equated cars to education?

[@Meggyp0p]

AK16 Aston yes she did!! And the teachers’ epic response to her returning to her office that day was a thirty minute round of the chant, “Where’s my car!!” It really was great!! You can’t out sass a group of (mostly) women who deal with kids and teenagers all day long and stay sane. They are too fluent in sarcasm.

[@Redorgreenful]

The teachers are like Oliver Twist begging for little more gruel and the fucking governor with her put-on accent and fancy suit acted like they're for a Ferrari.

[@milascave2]

tuscon: Um, yea, except for people who can't afford private schools. That's kind of who public schools were created for in the first place. Before they came along, all schools were private, and poor kids didn't get educated at all. And as for government-funded charter schools, it's a scam. Most of them suck even worse than the public schools. That kind of public-private hybrid always creates terrible results.

[@rochops6272]

Tucson Jim also, there are good public schools, you can't write them all off

[@jancovanderwesthuizen8070]

Akmal Ibrahim And I'm equating yours to a VW Beetle

[@5pctLowBattery]

4:54 people need to be paid well to spend time with children who aren’t theirs. 🤔 😂

[@7-ten]

5%LowBattery is possibly the best screen name I've ever seen!

[@seanbrown8920]

Damn! He said it! The legislatures get their pay raise and decent salaries....they will send their children to private schools

[@rrss5497]

You must be a product of Oklahoma's schools: legislators get pay raises and send their offspring to real schools, not legislatures (except maybe in Utah, where the legislators are all married to the same person, so the legislature COULD get its pay raises, etc).

[@haydenhembree7015]

As an oklahoma high school student this shits fun af rn but our summers gonna suck

[@tannerzade8398]

My school actually didn’t have the funding to stay open all week. We stopped going on Friday, productivity and grades went up shortly but they kept removing things so it eventually canceled out. I graduated then it got worse. Also, love that impression of Mary Fallin, really got her overly fake accent.

[@jireha.delossantos5282]

😂😂

[@homerco213]

Really thought you were a teacher mate. High school kids speak in complete sentences? I wish our political leaders did the same.

[@SingSongThePegasus]

Michael Dziengel Ha! I'm from Oklahoma, and I'm lucky enough to go to a high school that has teachers that love what they do, know the material, and inspire us all. It's so inspiring seeing all my teachers out there putting what they teach us into action- my ap gov teacher and most of the other history teachers have been out at the Capitol this whole time.

[@thiefofa1073]

Hi Tanner, since you're a student can I ask you whether after the recent Oklahoma Senate Bill 393 (the Oklahoma Science Education Act) was passed in September 2017, whether you kids have had any new lessons or classes to deal with creationism? Just curious as most of us are keyboard warriors not in Oklahoma. Thanks and good luck.

[@Jlk2000x]

Michael Dziengel High school student from Arkansas. We're not stupid or illiterate, despite the narrative peddled by the older generations.

[@5pctLowBattery]

How tax cuts for the rich led to the Oklahoma teachers strike 1) Oklahoma has been cutting the top tax rate for more than a decade 2) These tax cuts hit education the hardest These tax cuts, which were passed in 2004, ultimately caused Oklahoma to lose about $1.022 billion in annual revenue. 3) Who benefited most from the tax cuts? The wealthy. 4) Falling teacher compensation is a larger national trend

[@djoakeydoakey1076]

Hooray for Plutocracy.

[@williamfrancis5367]

The trend varies from state to state. But yeah teachers salaries (generally) have stagnated since 2003 in the US, with a handful of states giving small pay rises (in real terms). www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/9/17100404/teacher-salary-underpaid-database

[@justing7490]

It's adorable how people like you ignore the entirety of an issue so that you can try to make your point. Did you ever think about the fact that the state might have lowered the tax rate because the super rich were leaving the state due to the tax rate? That's the funny thing about win the vast minority pays the overwhelming majority of your taxes. So a little bit less of their money is way better than none of their money, because they moved out of the state. Maybe focus on budgets that are actually capable of educating people with the money available rather than continuing these sweetheart deals with these companies that the government giving out.

[@williamfrancis5367]

Citations please.

[@azollafiliculoides9922]

@@justing7490 You're basing this entirely on a foundational misunderstanding of how taxation works. Tax cuts for the rich don't provide any benefit for the public welfare. Even if higher taxation on the rich did cause them to leave (which it doesn't), it would still be a net neutral.

[@CollinMcLean]

I made about the same pay packing flour in a mill straight out of high school that a teacher with a degree makes... Fund education!

[@bekr3473]

I‘m from Austria and a still in school and we get new books every year. So it’s interesting that it’s different in the USA.

[@kitkami]

Its scary what this country is coming to. Take all the politics, race, religion, gender, and sexual preference drama out and we still have a country that's falling apart. We all need to take a long look at things and try and get our priorities in order. But we wont, we are all too busy fighting over politics, race, religion, gender, and sexual preferences. Welcome to the dawn of Idiocracy. Least Terry Crews was cool in that. Theres that to look forward to.

[@cameronwooten3]

"Welcome to the dawn of Idiocracy." Say it again for the people in the back.

[@nickmcdonald3083]

Except intelligence isn't show to be hereditary.

[@cameronwooten3]

Was that a sentence? Or are you trying to prove a point about poor schooling?

[@DeosPraetorian]

Tucson Jim k

[@FdMBIOSat]

@@DeosPraetorian just ignore. he copy pastes that shit all over the place

[@lennyvanhorn837]

Im from Oklahoma. And I can tell you without any reservations that I am ashamed of Mary Failin. One of the worst Governors ever. The sad thing is that there are a lot of people here ,that voted for her and now they are having buyer's remorse, but they wouldn't hesitate to vote for someone a lot like her again. The school funding situation it's just the tip of the iceberg. The people here never learn their lesson.

[@richgerow3472]

Yup, and now we have Kevin Stitt, who actually may be worse than Fallin.

[@samil5601]

Maybe they would learn their lesson, if they'd had better education.

[@CasualGamerGameplay]

"Horse on a skateboard"- killed me big time

[@Heysamgrahamcartoons]

0:59 accent caught me off guard -but was awesome!

[@TheVivianable]

I keep on rewinding back to the part of him singing. Golden!

[@seanharrison6285]

im a highschool student and i hate the new urge to integrate technology in the classroom im tired of these ipads and chromebooks; i think we should go back to pencils and paper in the classroom. its simple and cheap and its proven to work well

[@unusualrando5149]

Sean there's no way ur in highschool 💀

[@MrNightpwner]

I believe most teachers really want more district funding for their schools as to support them in teaching. Not just for materials like markers and books, but improve aesthetics, arts program to stimulate interest and diversity, field trips to build culture and experience in kids. To say they just want a pay raise is short sided. Besides, there are a few teachers in the public school program who don't deserve raised, looking at high School teachers who stopped caring about the regular courses. Honors and AP were very good in my Publix school still when I was there '10

[@AutumnintheNorth]

Tuscon Jim, how old is planet Earth?

[@missfunkadilly]

I took AP courses, graduated in 05, even then the teachers did not care about regular courses. I aided for the same teacher that taught AP physics and regular physical science (not CP, just regular, which is it really "regular" if CP is the norm? I digress). I aided during his normie period. His teaching style was night and fucking day. Nearly a different person. The kids weren't receptive in that class, they were rude little assholes actually. He was constantly agitated and beaten down. The AP course he taught, he was my favorite teacher! Interactive, engaging, treated us like adults. Imaging having to teach the kids that don't give a shit on a crap salary. Of course you're going to break down and say fuck it.

[@Scott-by9ks]

I thought I wanted to become a teacher after serving 11 years in the military. Even though the Post 9/11 GI Bill would pay for my college degree and pay me a stipend while in college, teachers make less in their first year than I was getting in VA disability.

[@richgerow3472]

It was actually more lucrative for me to leave teaching and go back to college to become an accountant. Even with additional student loans, I'm much better off financially as an accountant than I was as a teacher.

[@Youalreadyhaveitall]

Best comedian in the country! Jim! I'm watching you everywhere!

[@nelsonmuntz5872]

Betsy Devos is to blame as well.

[@gabrielappleton4342]

Hahaha... no, no. This has been going on for over a decade. Betsy DeVos isn't to blame, she just wants to exploit the situation to benefit private and charter schools.

[@ericwall6219]

Nelson Muntz Haaaa haw!

[@iananderson4754]

@@gabrielappleton4342 if only the words he used implied that there were more than one person at fault

[@toethlef8994]

Havent been to school for almost two weeks because of this bull. Glad to see someone joking around about it.👍👌Just made my day

[@victorramirez2891]

Use the money for the wall on education.

[@vokasimid5330]

Or include it in Military/Defense budget by telling legislators that it create smarter soldiers

[@radhakrishnan1980]

Jim Jefferies --- FINALLY the BETTER part of Jim with all the Passion to help Children. Kudos !!!

[@Maremons]

That southern accent was surprisingly good lol

[@jamesborck5908]

I had a great education in Wisconsin only strange thing is they said nothing happened in Europe between 1901 and 1946

[@sherylbeasley4938]

Glad to have moved from that cesspool of a state! Feel sorry for the ones that are not able to leave .

[@dangates5095]

A society that doesn't prioritize educating its youth is going down the tubes, especially now.

[@exas4791]

From a country with an idealistic, generous spirit which foreigners like me used to admire, to a country where only the haves will benefit from a decent education.

[@exas4791]

Tucson Jim My lament was that the USA used to be a country with an idealistic, generous spirit. You missed my point entirely. I don’t live in the USA, so I don’t have to go elsewhere to “make more room for” whoever wants to go the USA as you suggested. I’m too lazy to craft a point-by-point rebuttal of your blanket arrogance, but u should listen to a viewpoint at kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIGrhIuLiJWSZ8U which is although from a TV drama, a far more nuanced and enlightened understanding of the USA today, than your dubious manipulation of statistics, which are only a sub-set of a wide range of criteria which make various countries successful on their own terms. To be explicit for your understanding, my point is towards the end of the video.

[@tiny99990]

it's now taken over AZ, and the strike is now cutting into the summer vacation, funding has dropped since 2008, the teachers are merely asking to restore it to 2008 levels...which still wouldn't be enough because of the rapid inflation since the recession.... it's pathetic that the state government can't even do that... seriously pathetic... and irritating beyond all reasonable belief...

[@falcore91]

My brother loves teaching children. He hates the increasing class sizes, lack of any sign of real upward mobility, and feeling that the whole system is just getting shit on.

[@hopefulhyena3400]

I live in Oklahoma. 4 members of my family are teachers (though one has passed on and another is retired). We have been pissed off for years and I’m glad that they are standing up for themselves. And for what she said about teachers, Mary Fallin can rot in the fucking ground for all I care.

[@garrettwhite8943]

Yup! I agree 100% w/ this episode.

[@LisaLisa-rl3pm]

Props to the man commenting on school textbooks

[@PacoOtis]

Excellent! Our system is out of whack regarding payment for teachers and public workers and police and such. We need to fix it!

[@richgerow3472]

Yup, I was one of those who got out of teaching within the first five years. It was actually more lucrative for me to go back to college and get an accounting degree than it was to continue teaching. Even with additional student loans, I'm still much better off financially as an accountant than I was as a teacher. That's how you know there's a huge problem with how Oklahoma, and most of the United States, treat education.

[@Stumbo99]

As someone who lives in Oklahoma, and is being affected by this walkout because of family being teachers and students I'm frustrated our gov. is dragging its feet on getting this done and getting us back into school after being out for 2 weeks with the end of the year fast approaching and plenty more that needs to be taught before the finals let alone being even marginally ready for college.

[@creflot]

"Nobody's educated anymore." Very true.

[@benedictifye]

it's not a teenager's car, it's a teacher's food and a roof and supplies for their students (that they often pay for themselves)

[@williambusha8630]

I was depressed and having a crap day. I turned to youtube for a smile while I drank a vodka. The answer is always vodka. Thanks JJ, you quite literally just turned my entire day around. Vodka. 😂

[@hellcat1988]

As a singer, he's a WONDERFUL comedian.

[@julianwaugh968]

I have taught in various fields It is exhausting!

[@alexandervazquez7501]

I love how they are complaining about wall mold and cracks in tiles. In my private school the roof is falling every month or so, not to mention that some classrooms are literally divided in half by a crack that looks like it's gonna split the room apart.

[@alexandervazquez7501]

That's Bolivia for ya. I should have never left the states.

[@bigbaddawg101]

I was a school bus driver for 5 years. Dealing with other people's kids is exhausting if you aren't paid well. Especially when they're a bunch of little brats who live in upscale neighborhoods who think the rules don't apply to them and cry to their parents whenever they get in trouble.

[@ewallacestudent1]

How can they teach kids to hate themselves? The Government needs to get out of Education, they have turned it too political, the government is terrible at everything and screw everything up. Education is a community level project keep the Federal and State out.

[@billheuber5884]

My father was a teacher and retired making over 90k a year!! He taught 4th and 5th grade math!! Why does this country and government allow teacher's, EMTs, Firemen, paramedics and policemen a wage they deserve and can survive on?!?! Why do these professions need a 2nd job to make ends meet?!!? The people who work in these jobs need to be paid at least double of what they're making and even more by my honest opinion!!!!!!!!!!!! These people shape the minds of our next generation and protect us from the evil of this world!! JUST FUCKING PAY THEM!!!!

[@user-qm7yp2lr2j]

We must support are teacher!

[@1425363878]

There is no statistical correlation between education expenditure and student achievement. It's the system that's shit, not the funding.

[@Skinner123]

I’ve had multiple teachers tell me they love working with the kids. The problem is the adults they encounter. The administration, school board and in some cases the parents.

[@ColeLPeltier]

Median per capita income in the US tends to be higher than countries such as Canada, Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands, yet our teacher salaries tend to be less than each of those countries. And NO that doesn't mean that paying teachers less results in higher incomes for everybody else LOL. It means that we should be investing more in quality education.

[@grindcoremaniac]

lol I like that he was using a rotary phone.

[@BTsMusicChannel]

I taught for one year. I made $22K that year as a teacher. I left not because of the salary (which was ridiculously low), but because the fucking school district was reorganizing and they couldn't figure out until April whether they'd have a job for me the following year. By that point I had already accepted a full scholarship to get my masters, finished that and went on to get a PhD. That's how stupid the American school system is! Americans don't value education -- it might lead to thinking. That year, I was also a Captain in the Air National Guard and with my part time work, made more than I did as a full time teacher. How fucked up is that?

[@marcducati]

America loves it's military. Give teachers guns, count them as military and the cash will pour in.

[@chlakkireddy5565]

I thnk teachers definitely deserve more for all the shit they put up with and do and I studied in Canada where the budget is a lot higher than in the US. I can't even imagine how bad it must be for the oklahoman teachers.

[@ronhernandez2213]

I wish we had this kind of shows in the Philippines, our country really sucks right now.

[@trevorminyard8885]

Going to school in Oklahoma, I always thought this was just how school was lol

[@mcshoultz1731]

Thank u guys so much!!

[@mcshoultz1731]

Thank you Eric Wall

[@jarenward7438]

I love Jim’s southern voice

[@livef5699]

Ive been out of school for 3 weeks cause of this in Altus,ok

[@vilecrocodile9171]

You can learn more online than in school. Focus on what you're good at. You will probably not use most of it in life. Learn how to do your taxes or financial planning instead.

[@Jlk2000x]

Fenix Rhine Hey man, it's gonna be alright. Do your best to educate yourself in the meantime, and continue to do so when school gets back to normal. Learn what you can from your teachers, and anything you can't you should try to teach yourself. Please support your teachers in this. They deserve better than what they're getting.

[@robertekis2450]

It's interesting that the folks that live in a state/community refuse to pay higher taxes for a program (education) and then complain about it when the money is not there for said program. It seems obvious to me that the parents and other adults in that state/community really don't care about that program (education again). If they don't care about educating their kids, why is this making the news?

[@notrandom2]

_Ofcourse corporate politicians villainize their constituents..._ *THEY AREN'T HERE FOR YOUR BEST INTERESTS!!!* Victim blaming is something all corporate politicians do. *Party lines don't matter.*

[@vinnievalentine421]

Im sorry for your loss Enjoy the rest of your day 😬😅😂

[@mindSoulEnso]

I found out in an article that 4 police captain in Massachusetts are making 400000 a year in a small city and one the captain's father is the mayor of the city. Can you say corruption

[@BigJProductions]

Actually physical BOOKS in the 21century...in AMERICA??! WTF!?....my kid goes to school in New Zealand and they use devices (phones/tablets/Chromebooks)...... wooow.. American has really fallen behind.

[@chazellison2855]

Bro what about West Virginia we did the same shit days before Oklahoma

[@shel12345]

"according to one study" means that naming the study would have been embarrassing

[@KingCycl0ps]

4:44 neat, that's my local news in Wisconsin

[@matorix003]

Richest country in the world EVER and you can’t pay your people properly smh

[@deepdish2034]

"Cancer isn't funny anymore!" Lol

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

Am I the only one kinda shocked at how good Jim's singing voice is?

[@idiocracy9530]

It's called idiocracy.

[@mickygarcia4251]

The reason why public education will never get better in this country is because the future leaders (a.k.a. the children of the people in power now) already have plenty of opportunities and enough of a trust fund that it doesn't even require them to know anything. Our current president is a perfect example of it. Sure he went to Wharton where, apparently, they teach you to bankrupt casino operations and how to fail upward.

[@AnonyMous-og3ct]

A system that has no strong incentives to improve is not going to improve. The government sometimes does good work (ex: military communication R&D leading to ARPANET initiated by the Cold War which ultimately lead to the innovation of the internet), but that's often in the context of a war. The country is going to get wiped out if they don't innovate and improve efficiency so war is one of the few forces that provides the government incentives to innovate and improve. Outside of wars, government-run programs tend to stagnate. They're going to be receiving tax dollars after all even if they provide the shittiest service. And they're not going to receive any bonuses if they do a better job. Why would we expect things to improve and improve under those circumstances? It's like do we expect DMVs to become super efficient while using the latest state-of-the-art technology with the most wonderful customer service? If not, why would we expect public schools to do that? I'm still amazed that people seem to think that government-subsidized programs are going to be anything but backwards, poorly managed, inefficient and costly, out-of-date, and filled with disgruntled employees. That's what we're supposed to expect, and that's what people should expect independent of the expenditures. Even NASA is starting to look archaic and inefficient when compared to SpaceX, and NASA has had an epic starting home advantage.

[@elizabethbennet4791]

wait but what does textbooks not existing for kids have to do with teacher salaries? I dont get it.....

[@mydogsioux]

This is more important now.

[@plumcrazy9531]

Ya okiesss. I live in Oklahoma and my mother is a teacher

[@MyChevySonic]

If we fund education, we can have smarter soldiers. Just tell them that and take it out of the ridiculous defense budget.

[@goneutt]

Time wounds all heels

[@anitaclarke1304]

Lmfao @ Jim singing Okla

[@ruialmeida818]

if one train leaves the station at 200 miles an hour - use the fucking metric system. It's called SI Units for a reason.

[@BAMFMATTDAYMON]

Hell any job that requires you to interact with people needs to be a higher starting wage. Especially if you are blessed with seeing the same people each and every day.

[@tomtom21194]

He has a fuck ton of personality, makes this so much more fun to watch than the daily show offshoots, to me at least

[@brandodurham]

Watching this in Tulsa 😂

[@MoneyIsSilver]

If they don't like it, work at a private school and EARN their pay. Can't bite the hand that feeds you.

[@Shmooping]

Jim's Southern Accent is the BEST xD

[@huckleberry12]

5:54 exactly.

[@zacharia1446]

Funniest Jim Jeffries skit I’ve seen

[@Mr_Man12344]

I remember this

[@Kai_Sau]

Idiocracy is coming

[@StrigidaeStrigiformes-sv6mj]

JIMMY J!!! Dude is awesome! Now I'm ready for an idiotic world. Just apply humour to err'thang.

[@slipslide1225]

I didnt know it was so bad

[@nolanharvey2513]

Debt is a business a very powerful business.

[@PaigeSinclaire]

Omg Jim is amazing! Lol I can’t stop laughing 😂😂😂

[@suzettewright2062]

I'll drink to that!!

[@tanamorehead7202]

Jim’s southern accent tho. I love it

[@CarnageChaosCustoms]

They still never got full funding, even asked for it to paid by a cigarette tax, which is in decline since the 90's. Not exactly the most forward thinking teachers. Hell the teachers caved while the actual union was still fighting. If they cant think long term they shouldnt be teachers. As a Oklahoma parent, they really didn't do anything to help the kids. The classes are behind those of Texas and they dont do special needs or advanced classes. They didn't really fight for the children here. Even still voted for the party that screwed them to begin with. Cant stand the teachers here, but cant afford private school.